Government-Unit Specific Terms

plan for government in which the national government would have supreme power and a legislative branch would have two houses with representation determined by state population; supported by large states

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Great Compromise

• Commerce Compromise

proposal to create a unicameral legislature with equal representation; supported by small states

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Great Compromise

• Commerce Compromise

document that created the first central government for the United States

• Bill of Rights

• Federalists

• Antifederalists

• Articles of Confederation

first 10 amendments to the Constitution

people who supported ratification of the Constitution

• Shays's Rebellion

• Antifederalists

• Federalists

• Virginia Plan

an uprising of Massachusetts’s farmers, to protest high taxes, heavy debt, and farm foreclosures

• Shays's Rebellion

• Antifederalists

• Federalists

• Virginia Plan

people who opposed ratification of the Constitution

• Shays's Rebellion

• Antifederalists

• Federalists

• Virginia Plan

compromise reached on import and export taxes, and most importantly, the slave trade (allowing the slave trade to continue for another 20 years)

• Great Compromise

• Pretty Good Compromise

• Commerce Compromise

• Three-fifths Compromise

an agreement establishing that a state’s population would determine representation in the lower house of the legislature, while each state would have equal representation in the upper house of the legislature

• Great Compromise

• Pretty Good Compromise

• Commerce Compromise

• Three-fifths Compromise

an agreement worked out stating how slaves in a state would count when determining a state’s population for representation in the lower house of Congress

• Great Compromise

• Pretty Good Compromise

• Commerce Compromise

• Three-fifths Compromise