Creating the Constitution

To end slavery

To set up a way of helping to make states

To encourage foreigners to come to America

To help create a government for America

Slaves were prohibited

Women can own their own land

Settlers rights = Rights of other citizens

Every 5 slaves were counted into the population

Population = 60,000 or more; it can become a state

Thomas Shays

Benjamin Franklin

Daniel Shays

James Madison

1. Courthouses closed down 2. Farmers had no say in government

1. Government took farmers' land in order to gain money 2. Farmers had to pay off debt by selling their land

1. Money shortages due to taxes unable to be paid 2. New settlers were given the land that the farmers needed

1. Money shortages due to taxes unable to be paid 2. Farmers had to pay off debt by selling their land

It revealed the many problems with interstate commerce

It persuaded many leaders to call for a stronger federal government

It demonstrated the strength of the state militias

It raised people's fears of a strong federal government

Government could not raise taxes and states refused to contribute money; this resulted in government becoming unable to pay its debt

If someone were to charge a criminal for a crime, and that criminal moved to the other state, he CANNOT be punished

Every state had its own currency; this made things confusing

It decreased the amount of "say" people had in government

Currency used had no REAL value (no traces in gold/silver)

a law passed by Congress that allowed for sales of land in the Northwest Territory and set up standards for land sale that became precedents; among them was the idea of selling mile-square sections of land.

a failed idea for uniting the states and opposing the Articles of Confederation

a law that helped create more states in America

a law that helped end slavery in both the northern and southern states

Thomas Jefferson

John Adams

Benjamin Franklin

James Madison

George Washington

The Constitutional Convention met and created a new constitution called ...THE CONSTITUTION

The Congress fixed some things on the Articles of Confederation

They did the opposite of everything the Articles of Confederation

They asked foreign countries for advice