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Given to all property owners during the AOC era
What are voting rights?
Constitutional Convention was held in this city in 1787
What is Philadelphia?
President of the Constitutional Convention
Who is George Washington?
The Constitution Known as
What is a Bundle of Compromises?
Everyone agreed to this right when the convention started
What is get rid of Articles of Confederation?
Under the AOC most people who more loyal to these?
What are the individual states?
Called for three-fifths of a state’s slaves to be counted as population for both representation and taxation.
What is the 3/5th Compromise?
Secretary of the Constitutional Convention
Who is James Madison?
Antifederalists demand written guarantee of people’s rights
What is the Bill of Rights?
Soldiers were given land in this territory
What is the Northwest territory?
The founding fathers feared giving power to these people
Who are the uneducated?
Representation would be determined by population
What is the Virginia Plan?
Led a revolt of farmers in Massachusetts
Who is Daniel Shays?
Each branch has some control over the other two
What is checks and balances?
These 2 countries are still causing problems in North America.
Who are Spain and Britain?
A government were people rule through elected officials.
What is a republic?
Senate: 2 per state (state legislature selects them)
House of Representatives: based on population (voters select the person)
What is the Connecticut Plan?
Proposed the Connectiut plan. AKA the Great Compromise.
Who is Roger Sherman?
Power is divided between states and federal government
What is federalism?
Each state would get 1 vote regardless of population
What is the NJ plan?
5 weaknesses under the AOC
Cant tax, enforce laws, no leader, no army, no courts, states can print own money, tariffs between states. 1 vote per state
5 main issues the delegates had to figure out during the Convention
What is Large v small states, Wealthy v common man, North v south, Agriculture v industry, Strong central gov’t v states rights
Massachusetts Senate President during Shays Rebellion.
Who is Samuel Adams?
The idea of Republicanism centers around these 2 beliefs.
Whats is People elect political representatives and Voting is a right and a privilege
5% import tax on all goods and the state who vetoes it.
What is Robert Morris Tax and RI?