1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)

• Articles of Confederation

• Preamble

• Declaration of Independence

• Electoral College

A written plan of government

• Constitution

• Articels of Confederation

• The Federalist papers

• The Preamble

The meeting of state delegates in 1787 in Philadelphia called to revise the Articles of Confederation. It instead designed a new plan of government, the US Constitution.

• Constitutional Convention

• Articles of Confederation

• Electoral College

• Great Compromise

the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice-president

• Electoral College

• Constitutional Convention

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• 2nd Continental Congress

The :"Age of Reason" in 17th and 18th century Europe. Enlightement thinkers emphasized using rational thought to discover truths about nature and society.

• Enlightement

• Renaissance Period

• Baroque Period

• Realism Period

a series of 85 essays written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay (using the name "publius") published in NY newspapers and used to convice readers to adopt the new constitution

• The Federalist Papers

• The Crisis

• Great Compromise

• Common Sense

A law passed by Congress that specified how western land would be governed

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Northwest Territory

• Great Compromise

• Republic

Agreement that settled the question of how slaves were to be counted in determining a state's population. Each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in determining representation in the House for representation and taxation purposes (negated by the 13th amendment)

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Constitutional Convention

• Law Ordinance of 1785

"Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States.

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• George Washington

Daniel Shays, a veteran of the Continental Army, led a rebellion of poor farmers in Massachusetts who demanded debt relief, lower taxes, and protections against property seizures.

• Shay's Rebellion (1786)

• Law Ordinance of 1785

• Great Compromise

• Sons of Libety