Constitution

Southerners wanted to count slaves towards their population so they could have

• more money in Congresss

• more state funding

• more representation in Congress

• more representation in the senate.

The Articles of Confederation the first form of government in America in 1781

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

• Magna Carta

They believed the in a more powerful government, but not too powerful

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalist

• Loyalist

• Patriots

recommended that representation from each state be equal

• The Great Compromsie

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey's Plan

• 3/5th Compromise

Articles of Confederation was a _______ Government

• Strong

• Weak

right to trial by jury

• 1st Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 6th Amendment

-created a plan for the orderly addition of states to the Union

-forbid slavery, and allowed freedom of religion and trial by jury

-territory reached a population of 60,000 can apply to be a state in the Union

• Constitution

• Northwest Ordinance

• Great Compromise

• 3/5th Compromise

believed the king should not take away a person’s property and believed strongly in individual rights

• Thomas Jefferson

• William Blackstone

• Montesquieu

• John Locke

Shays’ Rebellion led Americans wanting a ______government

• Weaker

• Stronger

Farmers could not pay state taxes, and states took the farmer’s land away this led to....

• Lexington and Concord

• Articles of Confederation

• Shays Rebellion

• Northwest Ordinance