Articles of Confederation & Constitutional Convention

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Articles of Confederation

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First constitution of the United States, gave more power to the state governments than the federal governments.

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Federalism

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Division of power between the States and Federal Government.

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Northwest Ordinance

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Process of adding new states to the United States.

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Shays’ Rebellion

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Farmers in Massachusetts rebelled against taxes and farms being confiscated due to debts, showing the Articles were too weak to govern the United States.

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Constitutional Convention

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Delegates met to revise the Articles of Confederation, ended up creating the US Constitution.

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New Jersey Plan

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Small state plan, wanted equal representation in congress no matter the size of the state.

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Virginia Plan

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Large state plan, wanted representation based on population so larger states had more of a say than smaller states.

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Great Compromise

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Combined NJ & Virginia Plan to create a 2 house legislature: House of Representatives based on population & Senate with 2 representatives per state.

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Bicameral Legislature

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2 houses of congress.

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⅗ Compromise

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For every 5 slaves, 3 were counted in the population for representation, a compromise between the North and South.