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2. The Father of the US Constitution and the man who authored the Virginia Plan. He was also one of the three authors of the Federalist Papers.

3. James Madison

4. Americans who were in favor of the new constitution, such as Madison, Hamilton, and John Jay, were known as this

5. Federalists

6. Who were two of the three authors of the Federalist Papers?

7. James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay

8. William Patterson proposed this plan of government to counter Madison’s plan. It created a unicameral legislature based on equal representation, while also giving congress the authority to regulate trade and enforce taxation.

9. New Jersey
Plan

10. People who wanted to give more power to the states, and as a result were against the US Constitution, were called this during the ratification process.

11. Anti-Federalists

12. Roger Sherman of Connecticut proposed this plan for government in order to satisfy both the BIG and small states.

13. Great (Connecticut) Compromise

14. Who/what had most of the power under the Articles of Confederation?

15. The States

16. By promising that this would be added to the US Constitution, via the amendment process, the Federalists were able to get the support necessary to ratify the new plan of government

17. The
Bill of Rights

18. What were the two things that George Washington warned the American people about in his Farewell Address?

19. (Political Parties) & Foreign Alliances/
Factions
(Political Parties) & Foreign Alliances/
Entanglements

20. Shays’ Rebellion led many early American political leaders to fear that, under the Articles of Confederation, the federal government was not strong enough to prevent future what?

21. Domestic uprisings/rebellions and/or repel foreign invaders.

22. This was the only state not to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention. It was also the last state to officially approve the new plan of government.

23. Rhode Island

24. He was unanimously elected as the president of the Constitutional Convention, primarily, because the delegates knew he could be trusted.

25. George Washington

26. He, with about 1,000 angry farmers, tried to close debtors courts in Massachusetts to prevent the seizure of their lands.

27. Daniel Shays

28. What were the two main issues that the delegates to the Constitutional Convention became deadlocked over?

29. Representation in Congress & Slavery

30. What were three of the four primary powers given to the Confederation Congress under the Articles of Confederation?

31. They could…
Conduct Foreign Affairs
Borrow Money
Issue Currency
Create an Army

32. The Latin word for “One-House,” or more correctly translated as “One-Chambered”

33. Unicameral

34. This can be defined as a change or an addition to a formal document
This can be defined as a change or an addition to a formal document. It’s been done to the US Constitution only twenty-seven times in 229 years!

35. Amendment

36. Before the Constitution could legally go into effect, this many of the thirteen states needed to ratify it.

37. Nine

38. This and slavery were banned by law from being allowed in the Northwest Territory

39. Indentured Servitude

40. This can be defined as “An example for how things will happen in the future.” George Washington established one of these by only serving two terms as President of the US.

41. Precedent

42. The delegates at the Constitutional Convention compromised on the issue of slavery by making each slave count as this for taxation and representation purposes.

43. 3/5’s of a person

44. The Latin word Bicameral translates into English as this

45. “Two-House” Or
“Two-Chambered”

46. Political Parties, or groups of people who have a common set of beliefs, wants, needs and/or desires, can be defined as this.

47. Factions

48. This created a territory out of modern-day Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, and about 1/3rd of Minnesota. It also set a precedent for how the US would expand westward.

49. The
Northwest
Ordinance

50. Eleanor M. Savko
5/25/2018
The US Constitution became official when this state became the ninth to ratify the document on June 21st, 1788

51. New Hampshire