Why was the Constitution written and adopted?

Who wrote the Constitution?

55 delegates from all states except for Rhode Island

How many states had to attend the meetings?

7

How many states made the Constitution the Law of the Land?

9

What financial problems did the US face under the Articles?

Congress could not tax the states to pay back the war veterans

1st state to ratify

Delaware

How was the Constitutional Convention Organized?

Each state had one vote and majority rules

What was the Bill of Rights?

First ten amendments to the Constitution, added in in 1791

Who was President of the Constitutional Convention?

George Washington

What was the Bill of Rights based on?

John Locke's Natural Rights of Man?

When were the Articles of Confederation made?

June 1776 simultaneously with the Declaration of Independence

When was the Constitution written?

May-September 1787

9th state to ratify

New Hampshire

3rd state to ratify

New Jersey

What plan of government is used today?

The Constitution

Why was the Constitution written?

To revise the Articles of Confederation

When were the Articles of Confederation adopted and ratified?

1777(adopted) and 1781(ratified)

Where was the Constitution Written?

Philadelphia

What convention proved there was a need for change?

The Annapolis Convention in 1786

13th state to ratify

Rhode Island

Who was President of the Congress (Articles)?

Richard Henry Lee

What agreement caused everyone to ratify the Constitution?

The Great Compromise, the 3/5 Compromise, and the Bill of Rights

What economic troubles occurred under the Articles?

There was a depression, foreclosures on farms, and Shay's Rebellion.