Constitutional Era Review

Believed in a strong, powerful Federal government.

• Federalists

• Antifederalists

• Nationalists

• Puritans

Author of the Declaration of Independence -

• James Madison

• John Hancock

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Locke

This established a way for territories to become states -

• Constitution

• Northwest Ordinance

• Bill of Rights

• Proclamation of 1763

The Great Compromise was a compromise between -

• The New Jersey Plan & the Virginia Plan

• The New York Plan & the Georgia Plan

• The Virginia Plan & the New York Plan

• The 3/5 Compromise and the Missouri Compromise

The main argument that led to the Great Compromise -

• slavery

• representation

• settling west of the Appalachians

• taxation

This plan called for equal representation for all states -

• 3/5 Compromise

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Northwest Ordinance

This plan called for representation based on population -

• Virginia Plan

• New York Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• 3/5 Compromise

This compromise increased representation in southern states by allowing slaves to count as part of the population -

• Missouri Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• The 3/5 Compromise

First US Government; established a weak federal government -

• US Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

Which principle of the constitution supports a government where citizens select their representatives

• Checks & Balances

• Individual Rights

• Republicanism

• Popular Sovereignty