Articles of Confederation
The Articles created this type of national government (strong or weak)
Weak
This plan favored large states.
Virginia Plan
The compromise that created two houses of Congress.
Great (Connecticut) Compromise
(2 answers/parts) The __________ supported the Constitution and ___________________ was seen as the person in charge of this party.
Federalists; Alexander Hamilton
The act that taxed printed materials.
Stamp Act
Congress could not do this with taxes under the Articles.
Levy/collect taxes
This plan favored small states.
New Jersey Plan
The House of Representatives is based on ______.
Population
The __________ wanted a the Bill of Rights (Amendments 1-10) added and ___________________ was seen as one of the people in charge of this party.
Anti-Federalists/Non-Federalists; Thomas Jefferson
The act that taxed tea.
Townshend Act
Each state had this number of votes in Congress.
One vote
Representation based on population was part of the ______ Plan.
Virginia
The Senate is based on ______.
Equal representation (two senators per state)
Federalists believed the national government should be (strong/weak).
Strong
The protest where colonists dumped tea into the harbor.
Boston Tea Party
Out of the 13 states, this many were required to approve a law in Congress under the Articles of Confederation.
9 states
Equal representation for all states was part of the ______ Plan.
New Jersey
The compromise dealing with how enslaved persons counted for representation.
Three-Fifths Compromise
Anti-Federalists feared the Constitution would create too much ______.
Power (too much national power)
The event used as propaganda after British soldiers fired on colonists.
Boston Massacre
One major reason the Articles were eventually replaced.
Could not tax, could not regulate trade, individual state militaries, could not maintain order
The key disagreement between the Virginia and New Jersey Plans.
Representation (Population vs. Equal Rep.)
This delegate, often called the “Great Compromiser,” helped develop the plan that created a two-house Congress with both equal and population-based representation.
Roger Sherman
This series of 85 essays, written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay, was published to persuade Americans to ratify the Constitution.
The Federalist Papers
The main colonial complaint summarized as “No taxation without ______.”
Representation