The Articles of Confederation & The Bill of Rights Study Guide

The _______ were our nation’s first attempt at creating a government (Don't forget the capital letters ;) )

The national government had very little____

____was the President of the Constitutional Convention (Don't forget the capital letters ;) )

1. At the Constitutional Convention the delegates planned to _______ the Articles of Confederation.

One of the biggest arguments at the Constitutional Convention was about _____.

The delegates to the Constitutional Convention had to get the approval of at least _____ states for the Constitution to become our new government framework.

_______ became the 9th state to accept the Constitution, thus ending the government under the Articles of Confederation. (Don't forget the capital letters ;) )

_____ wrote Amendments to the Constitution

(don't forget the capital letters ;) )

1. The first ___ amendments became the Bill of Rights.

amble to the US Constitution, the phrase “establish Justice” means

• 1. Because of all these reasons, we have agreed to this Constitution for the US

• 1. To make our union of states stronger

• 1. We want to make sure there is justice for all people of the US