Creating the Constitution Review

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The plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress. In the House of Representatives, representation from each state is based on state population. In the Senate, each state is represented by two senators.

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The Great Compromise

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A region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes. The region was given to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.

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Northwest Territory

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To formally approve a plan or an agreement. The process of approval is called ratification.

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Ratify

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A country governed by elected representatives.

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Republic

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An agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths a person when determining a state's population for representation in the House of Representatives.

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The Three-Fifths Compromise

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The Articles of Confederation is known as...

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The first written plan of government for the United States. A confederation is an association of states that cooperate for a common purpose.

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The meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution is known as...

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The Constitutional Convention

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Why were they scared to give too much power to the Federal Government when they wrote the Articles of Confederation?

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They were afraid that the federal government would be like Britain

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What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

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To fix the Articles of Convention

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What do the Anti-Federalists want added to the Constitution before they agree to ratify it?

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The Bill of Rights