Conventions
This convention was made to revise the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Constitutional Convention 1787?
There was a group of people that supported this.
What are Anti-federalists?
One of the people that wrote federalist papers
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
All these plans wanted say in the making of laws
What is the New Jersey plan, Virginia plan, and the Great Compromise?
Known as the ”Father of the Constitution”
Land disputes delayed the ratification of the Articles of Confederation.
Why were the Articles of Confederation delayed for ratification?
This person didn’t attend because he was serving as a U.S ambassador in Great Britain.
Who was John Adams and why did he not attend?
This plan was a bicameral legislature which favored population.
What is the Virginia plan?
This convention was to form the Constitution.
What was the Philadelphia convention?
The Articles of confederation was a unicameral branch.
What was the house of the Articles of Confederation?
This person led other farmers in an uprising against high state taxes, imprisonment, for debt and lack of paper money.
Who was Daniel Shay?
This plan favored both population and equal representation
What was the Great Compromise?
This person presided over the Constitution.
Who was George Washington?
There were an amount of states that had to approve laws to let it pass.
What were the 9 out of 13 states and what did it mean?
An antifederalist that was a United States patriot,statesman, and delegate from Virginia
Who was George Mason?
This person called for 3 branches of government and was on the side of the Virginia Plan.
Who was James Madison?
An event that convinced people to attend the Convention.
What was Shay’s Rebellion?
This was one of the accomplishments of the Articles which was a policy for western lands, provided for setting aside one section of land in each township for public education.
What was the Land Ordinance 1785?
This person did not attend but was invite. He didn’t attend due to illness or his responsibilities as governor of Massachusetts.
Who was John Hancock?
These two plans differed because one of them favored for population that was bicameral. The other plan was based on equal representation.
What was the difference between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan.