U.S. Constitution I

The 1st Constitution of the U.S. from 1781-1788 that instituted a weak central government which ultimately failed and led to the writing of the Constitution of 1787

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• United States Constitution

A law that established a procedure for the admission of new states to the Union, which is considered one of the only successes that occurred in the national government under the Articles of Confederation

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Time and Manner Act

An armed uprising of western Massachusetts debtors seeking lower taxes and an end to property foreclosures. Though quickly put down, the insurrection inspired the need  for a stronger central government.

• Bacon's Rebellion

• Shays Rebellion

• Whiskey Rebellion

• Fries's Rebellion

55 delegates met to revise the Articles of Confederation in Philadelphia, P.A. but ultimately decided to write the Constitution creating a strong central government

• Albany Conference

• Annapolis Convention

• Constitutional Convention

• United States Congress

Compromise made by the Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in the upper house (Senate) of the legislature and representation based on population in the House of Representatives thus establishing a bicameral (2-house) legislature that we call Congress today

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Great Compromise

• Three-fifths Compromise

Compromise between northern and southern states at the Constitutional Convention that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Great Compromise

• Three-fifths Compromise

Argued for a strong central gov’t  and ratification of the Constitution without a Bill of Rights

• Federalists

• Antifederalists

• Democrats

• Republicans

Argued against a strong central gov’t  and against ratification of the Constitution, but agreed when a Bill of Rights was added

• Antifederalists

• Federalists

• Democrats

• Republicans

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

• "Common Sense"

• Declaration of Independence

• Brutus Papers

• Federalist Papers