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Flashcards by Joana Perez Reye, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Joana Perez Reye
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| Question | Answer |
| Articles of Confederation | the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789. |
| Daniel Shays Rebellion | 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. |
| Constitutional Convention | is a gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution. |
| Virginia Plan | (also known as the Randolph Plan, after its sponsor, or the Large-State Plan) was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch |
| New Jersey Plan | (also widely known as the Small State Plan or the Paterson Plan) was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787 |
| Great Compromise aka Connecticut Compromise | (also known as the Great Compromise of 1787 or Sherman's Compromise) was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States |
| Commerce & Slave Trade Compromise | social dealings between people. kids slavery. |
| 3/5th Compromise | outlined the process for states to count slaves as part of the population in order to determine representation and taxation for the federal government |
| Electoral College | a body of electors chosen or appointed by a larger group. |
| Federalists | an advocate or supporter of federalism. |
| Anti-Federalists | were a group of diverse individuals that formed to oppose the ratification (passage) of the new federal Constitution in 1787. |
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