Ch.
8
TEST

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• it created a House of
Representatives that would be based on state populations.
• it created a Senate in which each state would have an equal number of votes.
• The Connecticut Compromise
AKA: The Great Compromise

• Virginia Plan
Put in the
The Great Compromise
Annapolis Convention proper order that
New Jersey Plan
Amend or replace the Articles these events
Constitutional Convention happened
• Annapolis Convention
• Amend or replace the Articles?
• Constitutional Convention
• Virginia Plan
• New Jersey Plan
• The Great Compromise
(aka: the Connecticut Compromise)

• equal representation in one legislative house.
• representation to be based on state population in the other legislative house… what was the solution ?
• The Great Compromise

The Connecticutt Compromise
(or Great Compromise ) settled the issue of representation in the legislature by creating:
• creating a House of Representatives that would be based on state
populations (the Virginia Plan).
• creating a Senate in which each state would have an equal number of votes
(the New Jersey Plan).

My plan gave each state an equal vote in
Congress… who am I?
• The New Jersey Plan

Why did most state constitutions create separate branches of government?
• It helped prevent those branches from becoming too powerful…

What event created by excessive taxation helped create a new Constitution and a stronger central government?

What were the 3 main issues that affected the
Western Territories between 1775 and 1787?
• who would control the Western Territories
*(remember the Small States and the A of C)
• how to divide and sell the land
• how to govern the Western Territories

Under the Articles of
Confederation , who was given the most important powers?

Under The Articles of
Confederation , the National
Government had the power to:
wage war
make peace
issue money
- … and ?????
…

In what way did the state governments, created by the new state constitutions, actually help change national politics?
they helped provide a solid foundation for the U.S. Constitution

• I outlined when the territories could govern themselves.
• I established settlers' rights.
• I set a pattern for the orderly growth of the United States.
the Northwest Ordinance

Massachusetts farmers protesting their farms being seized to pay
their debts… led to?
Shays’s Rebellion

Under The Articles of
Confederation , the National
Government had the power to:
make treaties
make peace
issue money
- … and ?????
…

the Northwest Ordinance

Under the new
Constitution, who had the power to regulate trade (commerce)?

What was the compromise that was made over slavery?

• Slaves would be counted as
________ of a person for representation in Congress.
• Slaves would be counted as
________ of a person for taxation.
• The importation of slaves could not be restricted until 1808.

-- The legislature would have one (1) house…
-- Each state would have one (1) vote in the legislature…

-I helped write the
Virginia Plan …
-- I co-wrote the
Federalist Papers
-I wrote the Bill of Rights
• James Madison

We met in September of 1786 to discuss trade regulation among the states, and possibly amending the Articles of
Confederation….. and only 5 states showed up…??
Annapolis Convention

What was the catalyst event that brought 12 of the 13 state’s delegates together in Philadelphia for a Constitutional
Convention?
•

* States or Central Government ?
Under the new Constitution:
regulate trade between states
- collect taxes from the states
make laws “in all cases where the separate states are
incompetent” (unable)
• The Central Government

During the Constitutional
Convention, I called for a two-house legislature…
…..who am I?
•

The Connecticut Compromise
(aka: the Great Compromise) established a ____ house legislature…
• two-house

I called for representation in the national legislature to be based on state population.
•

• equal representation in one legislative house.
• representation to be based on state population in the other legislative house.
• slaves to be counted for both taxation and representation
• The Great Compromise
(aka: the Connecticut Compromise)

•

I was an interpretation of the Constitution so that the people could understand and support it.
• the Federalist Papers

We wanted the legislative branch of government to have more power than the executive branch…
•

We favored dividing powers among different branches of government.

Thomas Jefferson’s “Statute for Religious Freedom” became the basis for the
____ Amendment…
• First
–
(Freedom of Religion)

Patrick Henry and George
Mason both opposed ratification of the
Constitution… because?
• It didn’t contain a
‘Bill of Rights’

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