Constitution Review 1

Supporters of the Constitution

• Antifederalists

• Farmers

• Federalists

• Anarchists

Compromise that settled dispute over how to count slaves

• 1/2 Compromise

• 2/3 Compromise

• 3/5 Compromise

• 4/7 Compromise

Small states and large states agreed to this compromise to settle representation in Congress

• Final Compromise

• Philadelphia Compromise

• Constitutional Compromise

• Great Compromise

George Washington

• Federalist

• Antifederalists

Patrick Henry

• Federalist

• Antifederalist

George Mason

• Federalist

• Antifederalist

Alexander Hamilton

• Federalist

• Antifederalist

Antifederalists demanded this to protect the people & states

• bill of rights

• powerful central government

• a Supreme Court

• larger army

Year of Constitutional Convention

• 1776

• 1784

• 1787

• 1792

This convinced many that the national government was too weak and needed to change.

• 3/5 Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Cold War

• Shays' Rebellion