History

3. a 1786 revolt in Massachusetts led by farmers in reaction to high taxes
5. the plan at the Constitutional Convention that called for a strong national government with three branches and a two-chamber legislature
6. a 1787 law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory
7. the gathering of state representatives on May 25, 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation
8. the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
9. a plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states
10. a document that sets out the laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government

1. the plan at the Constitutional Convention, favored by smaller states, that called for three branches of government with a single-chamber legislature
2. an agreement at the Constitutional Convention that three fifths of the enslaved residents in any state be counted in its population
4. the first American constitution, passed in 1777, which created a loose alliance of 13 independent states