Background to the Constitution

Why were the Articles of Confederation scrapped?

Which guiding principle of the Constitution do you think is most important? Why?

Why did Federalists & Anti-Federalists disagree?

What does the Constitution do?*

• Sets up the government

• Declare independence from Britain

• Seek a compromise with the king

• Create rules to control the Northwest territory

What is the supreme law of the land?*

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Northwest Ordinance

• The Federalist Papers

• The Constitution

One compromise at the Constitution Convention was delegates agreed to a _ part legislature.

• 1

• 2

• 27

• 10

The ________ broke all ties between the English colonies and England.

• Revolutionary War

• Civil War

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

The purpose of the Federalist Papers was to

• Make peace with England

• Support the ratification of the Constitution

• Support the passage of the Northwest Ordinance

The Constitution was ratified when:

• It was signed in Philadelphia in 1787

• 9/13 states agreed on it

• It was made by the King

• George Washington announced it

A plan presented at the Constitutional Convention that favored a strong central government was the

• New Jersey Plan

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Plan

• Ohio Plan