One of the last actions of the Articles of Confederation Congress, June of 1787, was enacting the ___________________, which provided for the government and future statehood of the lands west of Pennsylvania, established the basis for public education, and banned slavery in that territory.

The last state to ratify the Constitution was ______________________.

Less-populous states favored the Constitution and the protection of a strong federal government.

Shays’s Rebellion was an example of one of the strengths of the Articles of Confederation government.

What is meant by the terms “separation of powers” and “federalism,” and what were their intended purposes?

The protection of religion, speech, press, and assembly that are granted in the 1st Amendment all existed under English law.

___________________________ were written because of strong opposition to the Constitution in the state of New York.

The Federalists supported a strong central government while the Anti-Federalists were opposed to a strong central government.

The Virginia Plan provided for a modified parliamentary form of government. 

Who were the three men credited with writing The Federalist Papers?