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By the end of 1776 how many states had written a constitution?
Eight states
What kind of government did Americans want?
A Republic
What were the Articles of Confederation?
A plan for a new central government.
Describe 3 things the Articles of Confederation did.
Established a weak central government, gave Congress limited power, and forced congress to ask the states if they needed money.
Describe 3 things the Articles of Confederation did not do.
Have a chief executive, give Congress enough power, appeal to the people.
Define Republic.
A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives
What was the Northwest Territory?
The northwest was a territory between the Ohio River and the Mississippi River, it was created in 1787.
What was Shays Rebellion?
1,200 farmers marched toward the federal arsenal to seize guns and ammunition.
The Virginia Plan
Virginia Plan (also known as the Randolph Plan, after its sponsor, or the Large-State Plan) was a proposal to the United States Constitutional Convention for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature. The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
The New Jersey Plan
The New Jersey Plan was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787. The plan was created in response to the Virginia Plan, which called for two houses of Congress, both elected with apportionment according to population.
The Great Compromise
was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. It retained the bicameral legislature as proposed by Roger Sherman, along with proportional representation of the states in the lower house or House of Representatives, but required the upper house or Senate to be weighted equally among the states. Each state would have two representatives in the upper house.
The 3/5ths Compromise
Three-fifths compromise, compromise agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives
When did Congress outlaw the Slave Trade in the United States?
The states heavily taxed it or made it illegal.
What is an economic depression?
A period of economic activity slows and unemployment rises.
Describe the slavery issue in America after the Revolutionary War?
The south wanted to protect the slaves and keep them but the north wanted to get rid of them because America was a free country.
