Leaders in the
Confederation
Period
th
Philadelphia
Convention
Negotiated a treaty with the Spanish that aroused southern and Western hostility
John Jay
He proposed a National Bank
Robert Morris
He drafted an important ordinance of
1784 that later served as basis for Land and Northwestern ordinances.
Thomas Jefferson
He confronted frustrated army officers to prevent rebellion
George Washington
He countered Montesquieu’s argument against a large republic.
James Madison
She was the first African American woman to publish a book
Phillis Wheatley
She carried water to soldiers during the battle of Monmouth. Nicknamed Molly
Pitcher.
Mary McCauley
In 1780 she founded the first women’s volunteer organization in Philadelphia.
Ester Reed
She impersonated a man to fight in the
Revolutionary war.
Deborah Sampson
She pleaded with her husband to limit the power of husbands. She was also the wife of the 2 nd president.
Abigail Adams
This is the only state to no send delegates to the Convention.
Rhode Island
This plan would have a bicameral legislation.
The Virginia Plan
This determined how slaves would be counted towards representation in government.
3/5ths Compromise
First state to adopt the constitution on
December 7, 1787.
Delaware
He refused to attend the convention because he “smelled a rat”
Patrick Henry
This state repealed female suffrage in
1807.
New Jersey
To accommodate the western migration, this state moved its capital from New Bern to Raleigh.
North Carolina
In 1777, before becoming a state their draft of the constitution specifically prohibited slavery.
Vermont
John Adams served as chief architect of this states constitution
Massachusetts
Benjamin Banneker was this state’s first African American astronomer and mathematician
Maryland
When was the Northwest Ordinance created?
1787
How many new territories did the
Northwest Ordinance create?
5
How many people were required to live in a territory before it could apply for statehood?
60,000
How many people were required to have an elective assembly?
5,000
This was outlawed by the Northwest Ordinance in the Northwest territories.
Slavery
A veteran of the Battle of Bunker Hill, he led a rebellion of poor indebted landowners in Massachusetts and blocked a courthouse and prevented the government from arresting or repressing property of those in debt
Daniel Shays