Chapter 8
Building a Republic, 1775-1789
1. Articles of Confederation
2. Republicanism
3. Bill of Rights
4. Elizabeth Freeman
5. Gradual emancipation
6. Newburgh Conspiracy
7. Iroquois Confederacy
8. Treaty of Fort Stanwix
9. Northwest Territory
10. Northwest Ordinance
11. Shay’s Rebellion
12. James Madison
13. Alexander Hamilton
14. Constitutional Convention
15. The Virginia Plan
16. The New Jersey Plan
17. Great Compromise
18. United States Constitution
19. Three-fifths clause
20. Democracy vs. Republicanism
21. Federalists
22. Antifederalists
23. The Federalist Papers
Essay Questions
1. How did the “Articles of Confederation” strengthen the Constitution?
2. Why did Antifederalists oppose the Constitution? (Textbook pg. 237, Review
Questions #5)