Chapter+9+Places+and+Events


 * __[[image:http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/northwestterritorylarge.jpg width="284" height="184" align="left" caption="Northwest Territory " link="http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/northwestterritorydef.htm"]]Problems in Congress:__** The main problem facing the US Congress after the Revolutionary War was what to do with the [|**Northwest Territory**].


 * __[|The Articles of Confederation]__:** During the Revolutionary war each American colony became a separate state. Each state had its own law and civil rights the article of confederation is a plan of central government.[|**The Articles of Confederation**]was a plan for central government. In 1781, the Articles of Confederation made Congress the national government. [|Play a game to learn more about the Articles of Confederation.]


 * __Constitutional convention__:** Delagates gathered from every state except for Rhode Island. They met to discuss how to change the Articles of Confederation. At the end of this they had a constitution.


 * __Virginia Plan__:** Called for a federal system in which the national had three parts. One branch the Congress, would make laws for the nation. Another branch would carry out the laws. Another branch, would settle legal arguments.


 * __New Jersey Plan__:** It would give each state only 1 vote so that small states would have as much power as large states. Each state would have an equal number of representatives in one house.


 * __The Great Compromise__:** a plan to divide congress into two parts**.**


 * The Constitution:** The consititution was a document is the plan for our democracy.The Constitution explains the government while checking and balancing each other.


 * The Bill of Rights:** The Bill of Rights was a document to let the federal government the rights of individuals. Also the federal government is not the only U.S government.[[image:http://lshs.leesummit.k12.mo.us/lshsmedia/LMC/LSHSResearchmodelTutorialWeb/Bill%20of%20Rights%20Redux%202/Assets/Images/bill-of-rights-flag-poster.gif width="310" height="174" align="left" caption="Bill of RIghts flag poster"]][[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:KPsDbxtCRR90yM:http://lshs.leesummit.k12.mo.us/lshsmedia/LMC/LSHSResearchmodelTutorialWeb/Bill%2520of%2520Rights%2520Redux%25202/Assets/Images/bill-of-rights-01.gif width="239" height="169" link="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://lshs.leesummit.k12.mo.us/lshsmedia/LMC/LSHSResearchmodelTutorialWeb/Bill%2520of%2520Rights%2520Redux%25202/Assets/Images/bill-of-rights-01.gif&imgrefurl=http://lshs.leesummit.k12.mo.us/lshsmedia/LMC/LSHSResearchmodelTutorialWeb/Bill%2520of%2520Rights%2520Redux%25202/index.html&usg=__zTzppgI74HcV78JTk_4kUuiYqns=&h=821&w=975&sz=403&hl=en&start=2&itbs=1&tbnid=KPsDbxtCRR90yM:&tbnh=125&tbnw=149&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbill%2Bof%2Brights%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1"]]

[|**Checks and Balances**]- a system that lets each branch limit the power of other two.


 * Washington D.C.:**