Shays Rebellion

Great Compromise

Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house

James Madison

Strict constructionist, 4th president, father of the Constitution, leads nation through War of 1812

Anti-Federalist

people who did not support the ratification of the constitution to make the central government so powerful

Three- Fifths Compromise

the agreement by which the number of each state's representatives in Congress would be based on a count of all the free people plus three-fifths of the slaves

Patrick Henry

a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)

Shays Rebellion

this conflict in Massachusetts caused many to criticize the Articles of Confederation and admit the weak central government was not working; uprising led by Daniel Shays in an effort to prevent courts from foreclosing on the farms of those who could not pay the taxes

John Hancock

American revolutionary patriot who was president of the Continental Congress

Federalist

The federalist was a journal that rallied for the ratification of the Constitution