Union S2 Flashcards
Daniel Shays
Leader of farmers rebellion
Attacks court houses in jails
Uprising stops because of militia
Depression
A period when economic activity slowed and unemployment increased
Springfield
Massachusetts
Shays goes there for arms and ammunition
Rebellion is stopped
Impact of Shays rebellion
Frightened Americans because they wondered if the government could really protect them
Manumission
The freeing of individual enslaved persons
James Madison
Virginia planter active in the movement for change
Alexander Hamilton
New York lawyer
Proposed convention in Philadelphia to discuss trade issues
George Washington did not agree but Shays rebellion convinced him
Father of the Constitution
James Madison-author of basic plan of government
The Virginia plan
James Madison
Two house legislator, executive branch chose by 2 House Legislator, Court system
Lower house chosen by people, upper house chosen by lower house
Proportional
Corresponding in size
Number of representatives were proportional to each state’s population
Ex.: Virginia reps>Delaware reps
William Paterson
He’s from New Jersey
Virginia plan-he said all states not represented equally
He proposed a new plan called the New Jersey plan
New Jersey plan
William Paterson proposed it
One house legislator, one vote per state
Congress could tax and trade
Executive branch has more than one person
A change to the articles of Confederation
Roger Sherman
Connecticut-suggested the great compromise
Great Compromise
Two house legislator: the House of Representatives and the Senate
The House of Representatives was the lower house and the number of people it it would vary according to the state
The Senate was the upper house and there were two members
Compromise
An agreement of two or more sides were each side gives up some of what it wants
