A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures.

Opponents of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government, generally.

"Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger state, which prompted the smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning representation.

A constitutional proposal that would have given each state one vote in a new congress.

Compromise agreement by states at the Constitutional Convention for a bicameral legislature with a lower house in which representation would be based on population and an upper house in which each state would have two senators.

A person held to service or labor who flees to another state to be returned to the owner in the state from which that person escaped.

Article VI of the Constitution, which makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws when the national government is acting within its constitutional limits.

Clause of the Constitution setting forth the implied powers of Congress. It states that Congress has the right to make all laws necessary and proper to carry out all powers the Constitution vests in the national government.

1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788.

Weaknesses- No Executive, No Judicial, No Power to Tax, No Power to Regulate Trade

First ten amendments to the Constitution placed limits of the government and protects natural rights.

This collection of essays (by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison) which explained the importance of a strong central government. It was published in order to convince New York to ratify the Constitution.

Each slave would count for 3/5 of a person for taxation and representation purposes in Congress.

An agreement signed by British & American leaders that stated the United States of America was a free and independent country and ended the Revolutionary War.

A law that divided much of the U.S. into a system of towns to facilitate the sale of land to settlers and raise money. It was apart of the Articles of Confederation.

This was a law that established a procedure for the new states in the Union. It also granted a limited, self-government to that developing territory and prohibited slavery in certain regions.

13 Original States:

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in complete agreement, everyone agreed