Articles of Confederation
The idea that the government is subject to the will of the people.
Popular Sovereignty
Government principle in which power is divided among different branches of the government.
The Separation of Powers
A change to the Constitution.
An Amendment
Unsuccessful rebellion in western Massachusetts, which caused many to see the need for a strong central government.
Shays's Rebellion
Compromise proposed for the US Constitution which called for a legislature with two houses: One with representation based on population and one in which each state had equal representation.
The Great Compromise
Group whose name was a misnomer, that were hesitant to ratify the Constitution without a bill of rights.
Anti-federalists
Under the Confederation Congress, the number of people a territory needed to apply for statehood.
60,000
This plan to amend the Articles of Confederation proposed a single congress in which each state had an equal amount of representation.
The New Jersey Plan
Collection of 85 essays written to convince readers to ratify the Constitution.
The Federalist Papers
The Confederation Congress had the power to do these three things:
Declare War, Raise Armies, & Sign Treaties
This plan for the Constitution proposed a Legislature with two houses of congress. Representation in both houses would be based on state population.
The Virginia Plan
List three states which initially opposed ratifying the Constitution:
Virginia, Massachusetts, & New York
Legislation passed by the Confederation Congress which created the Northwest Territory, north of the Ohio river and east of the Mississippi river.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Compromise which stated that every three out of five enslaved persons would be counted for the purposes of representation and taxation.
3/5 Compromise
Name the three men who worked on the Federalist Papers:
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, & John Jay