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Constitutional Convention
1776-1783
Articles of Confederation
Federalist
Democratic Republican
Anti-Federalists
changes
The Constitutional Convention and Beyond
During the Revolutionary War
), the government of our country
was guided by the
The central government was very weak and could not settle arguments between the
The central government also could not raise enough
to run the country properly. Some
needed
to be made to the Articles of Confederation.
In 1787, the
was held to fix the Articles
of Confederation. The major question was how strong the central government should be. Those
who favored a strong government were called
. Those who favored a
strong state government were called
The plan to change the Articles
of Confederation was thrown out, and a new Constitution was written.
In the election of 1796, Adams, a
and Jefferson, an
also called a
was elected Vice President