Constitution
 

Critical Period
 
     -National Taxes

     -Military and Diplomatic Problems

           -Great Britain

           -Spain

      -Shay's Rebellion

      -Interstate Commerce

      -State Issues
 

Annapolis Convention (Sept., 1786)

Constitutional Convention (May, 1787)

Virginia Plan

      -James Madison

New Jersey Plan

Issues

      -Representation

      -Powers

Ratification

     -Federalists

          -Federalist Papers

    -Anti-Federalists

     
     British & Spanish Influence
                  after 1783

 
   Federalists and Anti-Federalists,
                  1787-1789

     Federalist #10

   Qualifications

          Ratification

Factions and Parties