lands northwest of the Appalachians, covered by the Land Ordinance of 1785

Complete control of a product or business by one person or group

This political revolution began with the Declaration of Independence in 1776 where American colonists sought to balance the power between government a...

James Madison's plantation

the decision at the Constitutional convention to count slaves as 3/5 of a person for the purpose of deciding the population and determining how many s...

No amendment could be made regarding the slave trade prior to 1808

a law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed

A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution

1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)

Plan to have a popularly elected House based on state population and a state-selected Senate, with two members for each state

"Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States.

A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War and immediately after.