The Founding of the U.S. Vocab

What policy established criteria for territories to become new states?

• The Regulation Acts

• The Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• The Articles of Confederation

• Shays Rebellion

A 1787 rebellion in which Massachusetts farmers protested taxes on land. This uprising exposed the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation

• Shays Rebellion

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Great Compromise

• The Constitutional Convention

In 1787, delegates met in Philadelphia to evaluate the Articles of Confederation, and designed a new U.S. Constitution. This meeting is called ______

This man was the primary author of the Constitution, and is often called the "Father of the Constitution"

• Benjamin Franklin

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• James Madison

A settlement of differences in which each subject gives something up is called ____

A compromise between large states and small states that created a bicameral legislature

• The 3/5ths Compromise

• The Great Compromise 1787

A ____ legislature is a legislature consisting of TWO parts, or houses

A compromise to determine how slaves would count toward population in the South

• The Great Compromise 1787

• The Constitutional Convention

• 3/5ths Compromise 1787

What does the legislative branch of the government do?

What does the Executive branch of the government do?