DCAH CHAPTER 6

1. DCAH CHAPTER 6 Our 3 Governments – Continental Congress, Articles of Confederation, The Constitution Articles of Confederation – Congress rules, one house, one state one vote, Land Ordinance or 1785. Northwest Ordinance, Problems and weaknesses, Need for Change, 1785 Mt Vernon Convention, Annapolis Convention 1786 Social conditions – African Americans Benjamin Banneker, Phillis Wheatley, AME Church, Women’s Rights – Abigail Adams, Writing of State Constitutions Foreign Politics – British wouldn’t leave, Spanish wouldn’t give Mississippi rights Constitutional Convention 1787 – James Madison, George Washington, Ben Franklin, Virginia Plan v. New Jersey Plan Great Compromise 3/5 Compromise House of Representative start taxes Slave Trade and Commerce Compromise Preamble “WE THE PEOPLE” 7 articles Articles 1 = Legislative Branch Article 2 = Executive Branch Articles 3 = Judicial Branch 4-7

2. Federalist v. Anti-federalist – Ratification, Bill of Rights, NY 30-27 VA 89-79, MA187-168