Articles of Confederation requisitioning funds printing currency Mississippi River western boundary Shays's Rebellion central government state governments loyalists Constitution of 1787 tax control foreign trade pass and enforce laws regulate interstate trade Battle of Saratoga John Burgoyne Connecticut Compromise proportional representation equal representation Mr. President electoral college Battle of Yorktown republican mother patriotism Northwest Ordinance prohibition on slavery Federalists Treaty of Paris Treaty of Ghent three-fifths compromise Bill of Rights Antifederalists British prison ships Valley Forge George Washington Treaty with France New England Indians during the Revolution