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First ten amendments on the US constitution. Proposed by the federalists to solve issues of the new government that anti federalists feared.

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A compromise between North and South announcing that slaves were 3/5 of a man to make votes equal

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Agreement between large and small states which party defined the representation each state would have under the United States Constitution, as well as in legislature.

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Opposite of the Virginia Plan, it proposed a single-chamber congress in which each state had one vote. This created a conflict with representation between bigger states, who wanted control befitting their population, and smaller states, who didn't want to be bullied by larger states.

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"Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress

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Convention of delegates to decide how to change to the Articles of Confederation to make it stronger. Used many compromises to create the Constitution the US uses today.

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The two main groups that debated how strong the new government should be. Federalists were in favor of a stronger central government while anti-federalists were in favor of a weaker central government and stronger state governments.

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1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788
Many issues were noticed with the lack of the ability to tax, many different currencies, and all the states had their own foreign policies.

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July 4, 1776 statement, issued by the Second Continental Congress, explaining why the colonies wanted independence from Britain.

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In May of 1775 the delegates of the 13 colonies organized the continental Army, called on the colonies to send troops, selected George Washington to lead the army, and appointed the comittee to draft the Declaration of Independence with Thomas Jefferson crafting the document

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April 8, 1775: Gage leads 700 soldiers to confiscate colonial weapons and arrest Adams, and Hancock; April 19, 1775: 70 armed militia face British at Lexington; British retreat to Boston, suffer nearly 300 casualties along the way (concord)

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The congress endorsed the Suffolk Resolves, voted for a boycott of British imports, and sent a petition to King George III, conceding to Parliament the power of regulation of commerce but stringently objecting to its arbitrary taxation and unfair judicial system.

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suspended colonial rights to a jury trial and allowed Redcoats to invade homes without reason or warrant

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The Sons of Liberty threw 342 crates of tea overboard, destroying British tea.

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Law passed by parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies

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a group of colonists started throwing rocks and snowballs at British soldiers and they panicked and shot a few colonists

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tax passed by the British that is on lead, glass, paint, and tea.

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A refusal or withdraw from a certain product or service as a form of protest.

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British governments right to pass acts that legally binded to colonists

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when the British king closed the region west of the Appalachian Mountains to all settlement of colonists

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Tax on the colonist on paper goods to pay for the French and Indian war.