Chapter 2, Section 3
The Critical Period
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1. Define Articles of Confederation.
2. Define Ratification.
3. What was Shay’s Rebellion?
4. Define Framers.
5. Name the two important Framers from
South Carolina.
6. Who was unanimously elected president
of the Constitutional Convention? Who was
later called the “Father of the Constitution”?
7. According to the Virginia plan, how would
representation in each house be determined?
8. According to the New Jersey Plan, how
would representation by each state to
Congress be determined?
9. What were the three main compromises of
the Constitutional Convention?
10. Explain the Three Fifths Compromise in
regards to counting slaves toward total
population count and taxation.