A New Nation Vocabulary

1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Revolutionary War

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation (AoC)

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

• Two-Fifths Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• The Great Compromise

• Constitution

1787; This compromise was between the large and small states of the colonies. This resolved that there would be representation by population in the House of Representatives, and equal representation would exist in the Senate. Each state, regardless of size, would have 2 senators.

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Federalist Compromise

• Antifederalist Compromise

The document written in 1787 and ratified in 1788 that sets forth the structure and power of the U.S. government and the tasks these institutions perform. It replaced the Articles of Confederation.

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• The Great Compromise

• U.S. Constuitution

First ten amendments to the Constitution; major source of civil liberties. Key in getting the US Constitution ratified.

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Federalist Papers

Wanted representation to be based on population. Larger/more populated states favored this plan.

• Alexander Hamilton

• Antifederalist Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Government Plan

a law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed; guaranteed basic rights to white settlers and outlawed slavery.

• Northwest Confederation

• Northwest Expansion

• Northwest Territory

• Northwest Ordinance

Rebellion of farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787, protesting mortgage foreclosures. It highlighted the need for a strong national government just as the call for the Constitutional Convention went out.

• Farmer's Rebellion

• Shays' Rebellion

• Shays' Depression

• Shays' Prediction

A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Philadelphia Convention

• Constitutional Convention

wanted every state to have 1 equal vote so that no state was more powerful than another. This plan was favored by smaller/less populated states.

• New Jersey Plan

• New York Plan

• Philadelphia Plan

• Virginia Plan