| A | B |
| Created the Articles of Confederation | Continental Congress |
| A supporter of the Constitution | Federalist |
| Attack on federal arsenal called | Shays's Rebellion |
| Set a pattern for orderly growth of the U.S. | Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
| Determined how slaves counted for population | Three-Fifths Compromise |
| Constitutional Convention held here. | Philadelphia |
| Essays written defending ratification of Constitution | The Federalist Papers |
| Helped open Kentucky to settlement. | Wilderness Road |
| Provided basic framework for national government. | The Virginia Plan |
| Proposed three branches of government, 2 houses based on population | The Virginia Plan |
| President of Constitutional Convention | George Washington |
| Called for single house with one vote per state | The New Jersey Plan |
| A government in which people elect representatives to govern for them | Republic |
| Larger states wanted to base the government on | The Virginia Plan |
| A system of government where power is shared among the federal government and the states | Federalism |
| First ten amendments to Constitution | The Bill of Rights |