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The purpose of the Three-Fifths Compromise which was adopted by the Constitutional Convention of

• Balance power between states with large

  populations and those with smaller population

• Provide a means of deciding disputed Presidential elections

• Allow Congress to override a

  Presidential veto of an act passed by both

  Houses

• Reduce the fear of loss of representation

  by Southern States with large slave populations

The Federalist Papers were a series of newspaper articles published in 1787 and 1788 to win support for the

• right of the colonists to rebel against Great Britain

• ratification of the United States Constitution

• right of a state to secede from the Union

• construction of a interstate canal system

During the Battle of _________________, Americans surprised Hessian troops guarding Trenton and took most of them prisoner.

• Bunker's Hill

• Trenton

• Saratoga

• Yorktown

law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.

• Townshend Act

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Acts

• Quartering Act

• Sugar Act

American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

• British

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Colonists

A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation

• Common Sense

• Declaration of Independence

• Olive Branch Petition

• Bill of Rights

1781 American victory in Virginia that forced the British to surrender

• Battle of Charleston

• Battle of Cowpens

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Saratoga

What was the significance of the Land Ordinance of 1785?

• It set up a system where settlers could

  purchase farmland in the undeveloped

  Northwest

• It set up a system where settlers could

  purchase farmland in the undeveloped

  South

• It set up a system where settlers could

  purchase farmland in the undeveloped

  West

• It set up a system where settlers could

  purchase farmland in the undeveloped

  West

One major strength of the Articles of Confederation was

• The creation of a bicameral legislative

  branch or Congress

• The addition of the Northwest Ordinance

  of 1787

• The construction of improved

  infrastructure throughout the nation

• The balancing of the three branches of

  the Federal Government