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| Articles of Confederation | a document, adopted by the Continental Congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781, that outlined the form of government of the new United States |
| Shay's Rebellion | an uprising of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers in 1787 |
| James Madison | delagate at Constitutional Convention; known as Father of the Constitution |
| Virginia Plan | a plan proposed by Edward Randolph, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, that proposed a government with three branches and a two-housed legislature in which representation would be based on a state's population or wealth |
| New Jersey Plan | a plan of government proposed at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 that called for a one-house legislature in which each state would have one vote |
| Great Compromise | the Constitutional Convention's agreement to establish a two-house national legislature, with all states having equal representation in one house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house |
| Bill of Rights | the first 10 ammendments to the U.S. Constitution, added in 1791, and consisting of a formal list of citizens' rights and freedoms |
| George Washington | head of the Constitutional Convention |
| Philadelphia | Location of the Constitutional Convention |
