A secret meeting to replace the failing United States government with a second more powerful government.

The official name for the Ohio River Valley and its surrounding lands.

A rebellion of Massachusetts farmers over new taxes placed on farmers without their consent.

The first government of the United States created during the American Revolution to replace England's Parliament.

Larges states wish to create a two house (bicameral) government based on population with a President to run the country.

Small states wish to create a one house (unicameral) Congress based on one vote per state with a Supreme Court to handle disagreements between states.

The current form of government in the United States

A way of reaching agreement in which each person or group gives up something that was wanted in order to end an argument or dispute.

The work of Roger Sherman, the government will have three branches. Congress (Legislative) will have two houses, a Senate based on equality and House of Representatives based on population with a President (Executive) and a Supreme Court (Judicial)

This agreement stated that for every five slaves, three of them would count as both population (for votes) as well as property (for taxes).

A document allowing the creation of 3-5 new states in the Northwest territory and laying out the three step process of how a territory can become a state.

The second government of the United States of America. The oldest continuous government in the world.