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- problems with the new gov.
- they owed millions of dollars because of the war/each state had a different form of money which made trading difficult
- the virginia plan
- proposed by James Madison and Edmund Randolph/it called for strong national govt. with 3 branches, legislative, executive and judiciary/called for two house legislature
- right to vote
- white males 21&over/had to own a certain amount of land or pay a certain amount of taxes/NJ let women vote for awhile
- shay's rebellion
- massachusetts 1786/Daniel Shay led a revolt attacking courthouses to prevent the sale of farmers property to pay for the govt. debt
- anti-federalists
- oppose the constitution
- the new jersey plan
- proposed by William Paterson/3branches of govt/1 house legislature/each state gets one vote
- state constitutions
- spell out the rights of all citizens/set limits on governments power
- 3 branches of government
- legislative, judicial, executive
- bill of rights
- a bill that listed the freedoms the government promised to protect
- articles of confederation
- america's first constitution/created a firm leauge of friendship between the 13 states/each state had 1 vote in congress
- federalists
- supporters of the constitution
- problems with the articles of confederation
- national gov. was work/had no president/did not want to admit new states
- the 3/5's compromise
- agreement that 3/5's of the slaves in any state would be counted in it's population
- the great compromise
- July 16, 1784/called for a two house legislature/a lower house seat based on population/upper house where each state gets two senators