Social Changes, Slavery Issue, Emphasis on Equality, Cincinnati Society, Separation of Church and States, Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom, State Governments, Rights of Women, “Republican Motherhood,” Economic Concerns, Foreign Policy Challenges, Articles of Confederation, Newburgh “Conspiracy,” Land Ordinance of 1785, Northwest Ordinance of 1787, Failures of the Articles, Shays’ Rebellion, Annapolis Convention, Constitutional Convention, James Madison, Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, The Great Compromise, Electoral College, Three-Fifths Compromise, Commerce Compromise, Checks and Balances, Separation of Powers, “Elastic” Clause, “Supremacy” Clause, Federalists, Antifederalists, The Federalist Papers