the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.

An uprising led by a former militia officer, Daniel Shays, which broke out in western Massachusetts in 1786. Shays's followers protested the foreclosures of farms for debt and briefly succeeded in shutting down the court system.

is a gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution.

a legislature of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature.

a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.

a compromise adopted at the Constitutional Convention, providing the states with equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives.

resolved the controversial issue of Commerce relating to the Slave Trade that emerged at the Constitutional Convention.

compromise in which one slave was determined to equal 3/5 of a person when considering the population of a state

institution that elects the President and Vice President of the United States every four years.

Those who support the ratification of the Constitution

those who did not support the ratification of the Constitution; called for a more de-centralized federal system