Chapter 7: Crisis and Constitution
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Ch 7 Study Guide CRISIS AND CONSTITUTION
PEOPLE, PLACES & EVENTS
1. The Americans experiment to find a united republic with identities and inequalities
2. The Constitution & compromise
3. The 1780s & the unanswered questions of the revolution
4. The state constitutions & the future federal Constitution of 1787
5. Following the revolution, states alter the balance of power, not the basic structures
6. The first state constitutions & accountability to the people
7. America’s first governing document: the Articles of Confederation
8. The Articles of Confederation & a national legislature
9. These United States of America under the Articles of Confederation
10. Weaknesses of Congress under the Articles of Confederation
11. The most pressing critical problems for the new nation both solvable and unsolvable
12. The young United States & the Spanish and British
13. Post-Revolution US difficulties with Spain
14. Delay of the Articles of Confederation & the western lands
15. The Northwest Ordinance
16. African Americans following the Revolution
17. American society social versus political changes
18. American society after the Revolution & equality as a concept versus a practice
19. The harsh treatment of loyalists during and following the Revolution
20. Post-Revolutionary woman & literacy in America
21. The Society of Cincinnati & the Continental Army officers
22 The uprising of western Massachusetts debtor farmers led by Daniel Shays
23. The republican campaign against artificial privilege & state-supported churches
24. The framing of the federal Constitution & James Madison
25. The delegates to the Constitutional Convention & their demographic outline
26. The Constitutional Convention first and second deadlock issues
27. The Federalist Papers & the Constitution of 1787
28. James Madison & the idea of virtuous national leaders & the will the people
29. The debates over ratification & the fear of the AntiFederalists
30. The debates over ratification & the Federalists idea of checks and balances
COMPLETION
1. From most theorists of republicanism, especially Montesquieu, Americans learned that republican governments were best suited to [ ] territories.
2. The [ ] branch of government gained most of the power in the governments created by the initial state constitutions.
3. The first frame of government for the whole nation was known as [ ].
4. For Americans after the revolution, the greatest problems and greatest opportunities beckoned in the rapidly developing [ ].
5. [ ] is the term that refers to an arrangement of government that divides power between the state and national governments.
6. Due to the expansion of rice culture and the spread of cotton production to the interior, slavery continued to grow in the region of the [ ].
7. Some states abolished slavery within their borders; the national government abolished slavery in [ ].
8. The rejected JayGardaqui treaty and [ ] were the two crisis events that gave momentum to calls for strengthening the central government.
9. More than anyone else, future President [ ] was the architect of the Constitution.
10. The core of AntiFederalist opposition to the Constitution of 1787 was its lack of [ ].
IDENTIFICATION QUESTIONS
Students should be able to describe the following key terms, concepts, individuals, and places, and explain their significance:
Terms and Concepts
new state constitutions / bicameral legislatureArticles of Confederation / landed and landless states
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 / manumission
“the peculiar institution” / republican motherhood
The Federalist Papers / disestablishment
Society of Cincinnati / Jay-Gardoqui Treaty
Shays’ Rebellion / Constitutional Convention
Annapolis Convention / New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan / Antifederalism
Bill of Rights / land speculation
written and unwritten constitutions
Individuals and Places
Montesquieu / Cumberland GapDavid Hume / Patrick Henry
James Madison / Benjamin Rush
Alexander Hamilton / Judith Sargent Murray
John Jay
MAP IDENTIFICATIONS
Students have been given the following map exercise: On the map on the following page, label or shade in the following places. In a sentence, note their significance to the chapter.
1. British Canada
2. Spanish Louisiana
3. territory ceded by Virginia in 1784 and 1792
4. territory ceded by Connecticut in 1782
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