APUSH Unit 3: 1754 - 1800

● Shayss Rebellion

________, an uprising of Revolutionary War veterans in Massachusetts that both the state and national governments struggled to address due to a lack of centralized military power, illustrated the need to create a stronger governing system.

Constitutional Convention

The ________ and debates over ratification ● Due to the shortcomings of the Articles of Confederation, delegates from the states met in 1787 for the ________ in Philadelphia, with an original intent to revise the Articles but the end actual end result of creating a new Constitution with a stronger federal government ○ The Virginia Plan suggested a bicameral legislature with the number of representatives in both houses determined by population, benefitting larger states.