People
Former military officer who led Shay's Rebeliion?
Daniel Shays
Articles of Confederation
Land Ordinance
1785
The first state to ratify the Constitution
Delaware
legislature with one house?
unicameral
Led the committee that proposed the Articles of Confederation?
John Dickinson
Legislature with two houses?
bicameral
Northwest Ordinance; Constitutional Convention
1787
The religious group most harassed by established religion?
Baptists
3 branches limiting the power of each other so that none can usurp the authority of the others?
checks and balances
The youngest delegate at the Constitutional Convention at age 26?
Convention in Philadelphia where 55 delegates drafted a new constitution?
Constitutional Convention
Critical Period
1781-1789
This document was called a bundle of compromises?
U.S. Constitution
powers not specifically mentioned in the Constitution but implied therein?
Implied powers
Virginian who urged all states to send delegates to a convention?
James Madison
Provided for the gradual development of self-government as people moved into the territory?
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
State Ratifications
1788
Who were the two most famous Americans to attend the Constitutional Convention?
George Washington and Benjamin Franklin
System where voters play an indirect role in choosing the president?
electoral college
Wrote to a young man about the importance of the Bible in leadership?
Noah Webster
Provided for the entire Northwest Territory to be divided into townships?
Land Ordinance of 1785
Bill of Rights
1791
Name the 3 branches of government?
executive, judicial, and legislative
Name of those who supported the adoption of the Constitution?
Federalists