People
This person became commander of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
This group supported ratification and believed the country needed a stronger national government.
Who were the Federalists?
This was the only branch of the national government created by the Articles.
What was the legislative branch, or Congress?
According to the Declaration of Independence, people are born with these rights.
What are natural rights?
The delegates originally planned to do this to the Articles of Confederation.
What is revise or improve the Articles?
This person served as president of the Second Continental Congress.
Who was John Hancock?
This group opposed ratification partly because the Constitution did not include a bill of rights.
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
Each state received this many votes in Congress, regardless of its population.
What is one vote?
Name the three unalienable rights listed in the Declaration.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
The Constitutional Convention was held in this city during the summer of 1787.
What is Philadelphia?
This Virginian first proposed that the colonies should completely separate from Great Britain.
Who was Richard Henry Lee?
This compromise created a Senate with equal representation and a House based on population.
What was the Connecticut Compromise, or Great Compromise?
Name one power Congress possessed under the Articles of Confederation.
What are making war and peace, making treaties, borrowing money, establishing a post office, raising an army, building a navy, or settling disputes between states?
According to the Declaration, governments receive their legitimate power from this source.
What is the consent of the governed?
This plan proposed three branches and representation in Congress based on state population.
What was the Virginia Plan?
This person wrote most of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This compromise counted every five enslaved people as three people for representation and taxation.
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
Under the Articles, most government power belonged to this level of government.
What were the state governments?
According to the Declaration, people may do this when a government fails to protect their rights
What is alter or abolish the government and establish a new one?
This plan proposed a one-house Congress in which every state had equal representation.
What was the New Jersey Plan?
This term was used for the 55 delegates who created the Constitution in Philadelphia.
Who were the Framers?
What two restrictions did the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise place on Congress?
Congress could not tax exports or interfere with the slave trade for 20 years.
Why did the government created by the Articles struggle after the Revolutionary War?
The national government was too weak to address the country’s economic and political problems. It lacked executive and judicial branches, and most power remained with the states.
Identify the three major ideas found in the Declaration of Natural Rights.
Name one principle that the Framers generally agreed should be part of the new government.
What are popular sovereignty, limited government, representative government, separation of powers, and checks and balances?