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