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What was the greatest weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
Congress did not have power to tax
What were the name of the essays written in favor of the Constitution?
Federalist Papers
What was the name of America's first costitution?
Articles of Confederation
Which plan at the Constitutional Convention called for representation based on population?
Virginia Plan
What was the year of the Constitutional Convention?
1787
How could the 3/5 Compromise be described?
A portion of the slave population was counted for representation
Which house in Congress has 2 representatives from each State
Senate
Movement of angry farmers ; showed Articles of Confederation were weak
Shay's Rebellion
How slaves were counted towards the population
3/5 Compromise
Combined the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan which created Congress
Great Compromise
Which house of Congress has representation based on population
House of Representatives
Law which outlined the process of adding new states
Northwest Orndinance
Group of people who felt the Constitution created a government that was too powerful
Anti-Federalists
First state to ratify the Constitution
Delaware
How many states were needed to ratify the Constitution
9
9th state to ratify the Constitution
New Hampshire
