1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)

Angered by taxes & debts, Daniel Shays led a rebellion against the American Gov't. (SHOWED how Articles of Confederation were weak) the people didn't have a commercial bank and had to borrow from each other; were in large debt. Uprising led by Daniel Shays in an effort to prevent courts from foreclosing on the farms of those who could not pay the taxes, was a protest against the land being taken away and the taxes that they had worked for in Revolutionary war

Enacted in 1787, it is considered one of the most significant achievements of the Articles of Confederation. It established a system for setting up governments in the western territories so they could eventually join the Union on an equal footing with the original 13 states

A law that divided much of the United States into a system of townships to facilitate the sale of land to settlers.

A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs and the fundamental laws that govern a society

Period when business activity slows, prices and wages drop, and unemployment rises

sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.

A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments

A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution

"Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning representation.

A constitutional proposal that would have given each state one vote in a new congress

1787; This compromise was between the large and small states of the colonies. The Great Compromise resolved that there would be representation by population in the House of Representatives, and equal representation would exist in the Senate. Each state, regardless of size, would have 2 senators. All tax bills and revenues would originate in the House. This compromise combined the needs of both large and small states and formed a fair and sensible resolution to their problems.

agreement providing that enslaved persons would count as three-fifths of other persons in determining representation in Congress