Chapter 8

Document adopted in 1777, and approved by the states in 1781, that outlined the form of government for the new United States.

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Treaty of Paris, 1783

Those who opposed, or were against, the Constitution.

• Anti-federalist

• Federalists

First 10 amendments to the Constitution

• Articles of Rights

• Bill of Rights

• Freedoms for the people

This man helped build the Wilderness Road into Kentucky

• Thomas Jefferson

• Paul Revere

• Daniel Boone

• George Washington

He is considered the "father of the Constitution"

• George Washington

• Abe Lincoln

• John Adams

• James Madison

Essays written to answer the attacks on the Constitution by the Anti-federalists

• Bill of Rights

• Federalist Papers

• Articles of Confederation

Two founders who did NOT sign the Constitution

• James Madison

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

This compromise created 3 branches of government and 2 houses of Congress

• 3/5 Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Commerce Compromise

This compromise created the law that states each slave is worth, or equal to, 3/5 of a white person.

• Great Compromise

• 3/5 Compromise

• Slave Trade Compromise

This group of people were in favor of the Constitution

• Anti-federalist

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Federalists