She wrote the pamphlet “Observations on the New Constitution” which was an antifederalist propaganda paper that criticized the lack of individual rights in the constitution.

Whether the constitution should be passed into law; the federalists wanted it to while the antifederalists did not.

One branch (Congress)

Poor farmers and land owners; because they couldn’t pay their taxes, their land was taken away from them and then resold to help pay for the cost of the revolutionary war. Many still were put into debtor’s prison because they had no way to pay back the loans they had.

Edmund Randolph and William Paterson

To create and organize a national government

Federalists were mainly wealthy landlords/land owners and lawyers, while the antifederalists were farmers, debtors, and impoverished people.

Committee of Thirteen; each member represented one of the 13 states at the time

They called it “the Disunited States of America,” because of how weak the central government was. The states functioned more like individual countries rather than part of a whole, and they all had different laws, customs, and ways of paying for the war. They called them this to mock the country, and imply that even though they won the war, this country was doomed.

It was held to decide what to change in the Articles of Confederation. Some states wanted small changes, while others wanted to create a completely new one. Some wanted supreme power to the central government while others wanted local government, and some wanted bicameral legislature while others wanted unicameral. They came together to discuss what exactly would be the best course of action to take.

A system of surveying and dividing up western territories into purchasable township plots

Because they were scared of tyranny; they didn’t want the government to grow too powerful. They had just fought so hard to get out of the controlling grasp of King George III, and they didn’t want to be thrown into another, more evil government.

To organize and create a national government that could not be taken over by tyranny

Antifederalists: opposed to the constitution, believed that it gave the central government too much power; mainly poor farmers/debtors
Federalists: supportive of the constitution, believed that the constitution had a fair distribution of power, mainly rich land owners and lawyers

A proposal to replace the Articles of Confederation in which supreme power would be given to the central government, and a bicameral legislature with the number of representatives being dependent on the population of the state. Larger states favored this plan.

He led a group of impoverished farmers to protest the high taxes in Massachusetts by shutting down the courts so that their properties couldn’t be taken away due to debt

They used a lot of propaganda in newspapers, letters to the editors, pamphlets, posters, and all other kinds of media. They spoke out about why they did/didn’t want to be passed into law, and why other people should vote for/against passing the constitution into law.

It was able to settle conflicts among states, issue coins, borrow money, and make treaties. It was unable to force states to provide soldiers, tax the states, enforce a specific currency, or create tariffs.

Because they were scared of tyranny; they didn’t want America to be ruled over the same way it was under King George III.

A proposal that changed the Articles of confederation, allowing federal government to tax citizens and regulate commerce. It proposed a unicameral legislature where each state had the same amount of representatives, no matter their size or population. Smaller states favored this option.

They were the delegates for the Virginia and New Jersey plans respectively. Randolph proposed a bicameral government where the number of representatives would depend on the state population. Larger states favored this plan. Paterson proposed a unicameral government where each state had a single representative. Smaller states favored this plan.

To convince other people to vote for whether the constitution should be passed into law; because it could only be passed if all 13 states agreed to it.

Because they had just fought so hard for freedom from Britain; they were given high taxes, unfair laws, and had no representation in congress. The United States didn’t want that cycle to continue, so they made national government very weak.

Britain raised heavy tariffs onto America, yet America was unable to negotiate because of how little power congress had. This happened again when Spain cut off the Michigan river to American ships. They were also an incredibly poor country due to the costs of the war, but congress wasn’t allowed to raise taxes in order to fix this problem. Instead, states began to print huge amounts of money, causing inflation to spike higher and higher.

A plan that would combine both the New Jersey and Virginia plans, allowing both small states and larger states to have what they wanted. They proposed a bicameral legislature. In the senate, each state would have two representatives, regardless of the size of the state. In the House of Representatives, the number of representatives would be determined by the size and population of the state. This pleased both states, and thus an agreement could be reached.