America's First Constitution (Articles of Confederation)
How do slaves count towards Representation in congress?
-South wanted them to count towards population -North wanted them to count as property and go towards taxation -Three fifths compromise- for every 5 slaves, 3 count towards both population and taxation
Peace of Paris 1783
ended revolutionary war
New Jersey Plan
one vote per state William Patterson
Major Weaknesses
-Central government was too weak. -1 Branch of government → legislative (can makes laws, but can't enforce them) -No power to tax -Regulations of currency -Regulation of interstate trade -Each state had 1 vote -9/13 states had to agree to make a law; 13/13 states had to agree to make an amendment
Shay's Rebellion 1786
-Daniel Shay, a farmer from western Massachusetts -him and others led a rebellion by attacking courthouses and raiding buildings to steal weapons -showed us that our government was too weak and we needed a stronger central government
Constitutional Convention
-Philadelphia 1787 -12 states showed up(Rhode Island didn't go) -55 delegates met -finally agreed to start over and write a new constitution -delegated- wealthy white males, mostly college graduates and fairly young
Revision to the Constitution
-divided power -stronger central government
Northwest Ordinance 1787
-set up statehood for future states -basic principle of American and what we wanted to be about
John Dickinson
Created it and wrote most of it
Who regulates trade?
Federal government controls interstate and foreign trade but exports cannot be taxed
Connecticut Plan
Great Compromise NJ plan in senate and VA plan in house of rep. Roger Sherwood
Ultimate Cause of Civil War
Sectionalism- when you are worried about your little area rather than your whole nation(nationalism)
Virginia Plan
large state plan representation based on population Edward Randolph
Land Ordinance of 1785
set up how public lands were to be divided
