The Constitution

uprising in Massachusetts in which farmers were upset with the Boston establishment (government) over new taxes. It was an example that only a strong national government could prevent social disorder

• Shay's Rebellion

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Paxton Rebellion

Led by Roger Sherman, an agreement was reached between large and small states over representation in the Legislature

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Great Compromise

Resolved the issue of how enslaved people were to be counted in the population

• The Connecticut Compromise

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

• The Delaware Compromise

System designed to ensure that no one branch of government becomes more powerful than the other

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

Argued against the Constitution because they felt it made the national government too strong. They wanted power to remain in the states

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

• Republicans

First ten amendments to the Constitution.

• The Preamble

• The Magna Carta

• The Bill of Rights

Delegates at the ________were initially suppose to revise the Articles of Confederation but decided that they were no longer effective and created a new government under the Constitution.

• Constitutional Convention

• Hartford Convention

• Annapolis Convention

Created a loose alliance of states in which each state had one vote

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Virginia Plan

Known as the upper house. The number of representatives would be the same number for every state

• The House of Commons

• The Senate

• The House of Representatives

Known as the lower house. The number of representatives each state has is based on there population

• The House of Lords

• The House of Commons

• The House of Representatives