What is it going to look like? There will be 20 multiple choice questions, and 5 short-answer
questions. You will fill out a chart showing the differences between the Virginia, New Jersey and
Great Compromise plans.
People, Places and Things
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
Enlightenment
Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Ratification
Land Ordinance of 1785
Northwest Ordinance of 1785
Northwest Territory
Battle of Fallen Timbers
Treaty of Greenville
Tariffs
Shays’ Rebellion
Annapolis Conference
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
Constitutional Convention
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Great Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
Executive branch
Judicial branch
Bicameral
Unicameral
Federalists
Antifederalists
Federalist Papers
Bill of Rights
What You Need To Know
● Understand the roots of American ideas about government in British law (Magna Carta
and Bill of Rights), the Enlightenment, and American models of government like the
Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
● Understand who was allowed to vote in the United States in the late 1700s.
● Understand the structure of the Articles of Confederation government. (One branch.)
● Be able to identify the powers of Congress under the Articles of Confederation, and what
Congress was not able to do.
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Understand the disagreements between the states about control of new lands
(Megavirginia), and how these were resolved.
Understand the provisions of the Land Ordinance and the Northwest Ordinance,
particularly how the Northwest Ordinance created a process for attaching new states to
the Union.
Be aware of the status of slavery in the Northwest Territory.
Be able to identify the Battle of Fallen Timbers and the Treaty of Greenville.
Be able to describe the relationship of the United States with Britain and Spain in the
early 1780s. What was Britain doing that created problems for the new United States?
What was their motivation?
Be able to explain various problems facing the U.S. economy under the Articles of
Confederation.
Be able to discuss the causes and outcome of Shay’s Rebellion. How did it motivate
people to revise the government?
What was discussed at the Annapolis Conference, and how did it lead to the calling for
the Constitutional Convention?
Who attended the Constitutional Convention, and who did not?
Be able to discuss the varying plans for the legislative branch, and understand why
different states had different plans based on their best interests.
Be able to explain the conflict that led to the Three-Fifths Compromise, and what the
Compromise said.
Understand the perspectives of the Federalists and Antifederalists. Know the names of a
few people in each group.
Be able to explain what the Federalist Papers are, and their historical significance.
Be able to explain the ratification process, and identify significant points in the process.
Be able to identify why a Bill of Rights needed to be added to the Constitution, and
understand how it was added.