1. America is independent!
Now what?...

2. What are the colonies turning into?
Life after the Revolution
What are the colonies turning into?
Who are the colonies most loyal towards?

3. What problem do the Americans have to solve?
Life after the Revolution
What problem do the Americans have to solve?

4. What type of government do the Americans want to create?
Life after the Revolution
What type of government do the Americans want to create?
What is a republic?

5. During this time, what kind of people were the leaders of the government?

6. What do the Americans decide to do to create a government?
Life after the Revolution
What do the Americans decide to do to create a government?
What is this constitution called?

7. Writing the Constitution

8. Why did the Americans create the Articles of Confederation?
Writing the Constitution
Why did the Americans create the Articles of Confederation?
Were the Articles of Confederation successful?

9. What happened at Shay’s Rebellion?
Writing the Constitution
What was the event that caused the Americans to change the Articles of Confederation?
What happened at Shay’s Rebellion?

10. What was the solution to the Articles of Confederation?
Writing the Constitution
What was the solution to the Articles of Confederation?

11. Where is the Constitution written?
Writing the Constitution
Where is the Constitution written?
When was it written?
Who wrote it?

12. What were the two major issues at the convention in Philadelphia?
Writing the Constitution
What were the two major issues at the convention in Philadelphia?

13. The _________Plan The _______ Plan _______________ _____________
Issue: Representation in the Government
The _______ Plan
The _________Plan
_______________
________legislative, executive, and judicial.
The legislative was most powerful
_____________
_________legislative, executive, and judicial.
The legislature appoints executive, and executive selects justices.
_______________
Two houses (______________)
The ______________________and the _________determined by population.
_______________
One house (__________)
All states are represented __________
_______________
_____________could regulate interstate trade, strike down unconstitutional laws, and enforce laws.
_________________
The _______________could tax, regulate trade, as well as approve state laws.

14. Solution: _______________________
Also known as the ________________________
Bicameral (___________) Congress Established
Senate with _____________representation
______________________with membership based on population of states
Made ______________the __________ law of the land
States given much authority to __________________________

15. Issue: _____________ Original attempt to abolish (________________)
Ultimately allowed
___________________________
______________must end, however
___________________already abolishing slavery in state constitutions

16. Solution: ________________________
Placated (______________________) Southern states
Slaves counted as _____ of a person for ____________ purposes

17. What part of government did Americans fear?
Writing the Constitution
What part of government did Americans fear?

18. Limit Authority of National Government
___________________of national government to those identified in Constitution
Establishment of _________________ of government
Legislative, Executive, & Judicial
________________________
Keeps a branch from becoming too ____________

19. ________________________

20. Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists

21. Were the Federalists for or against the Constitution?
Who were the main leaders of the Federalists?

22. Were the Federalists for or against the Constitution?
Anti-Federalists
Were the Federalists for or against the Constitution?
Who were the main leaders of the Federalists?

23. The ___________ Convention
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
________ was needed to make changes without ______________________________
Written by _____________ delegates
Document secretly written by the ____________________________________________

24. Articles of ______________
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
__________ our power to create a completely ______ document
Delegates _____________have the power to create a completely new document

25. The __________Government
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Power is limited by ___________________and ____ branches
_______ have their own specific rights
___________ government is too strong (will become a _________)
State government power is __________

26. Bill of Rights Federalists Anti-Federalists
The __________________ of the people are clearly defined in the Constitution (without adding the Bill of Rights)
Bill of Rights _________ be added to the Constitution
Basic rights need to be __________________

27. ________ of the Nation Federalists Anti-Federalists
Different ___________________will check each other so one does not become too _______________
United States is too ______ for a ___________national government to control it