I believe it is the Mayflower Compact written in 1620 because the compact basically established the structure of the first governments enforced onto the colonies where the colonists agreed to choose their own leaders for their governments
I say it is first one by my calculations
The American civil war was caused not by slavery but by economic factors
Alexander Hamilton was the leader of the Anti-Federalists because he believed in a limited federal government - incorrect. Hamilton was one of the Federalists, defended the Constitution and a strong federal government as well.
The Great Compromise combined the New Jersey plan and the Virginia plan in order to establish state representation. - Correct. The Great Compromise combined ideas from the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plans and created a bicameral legislature with the creation of the Senate that represented states.
The 3/5th's compromise was created to resolve the issue over taxation. - Correct. The three-fifths- Compromise was created to solve the problem with slaves populations if they would count for legislative representation and tax purposes or not. The solution then was to count three out of every five slaves as a person for legislation and taxes purpose.
The Federalists papers were written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison to persuade states to ratify the Constitution. - Correct. The Federalist papers were a series of 85 essays that urged Anti-Federalists to ratify the constitution.
James Madison is referred to as the "Father of the Constitution" because of his contributions. - Correct. James Madison is called that because his drafts and his promotion of the Constitution, also he was the one who drafted the Bill Of Rights.
Anti-Federalists would only ratify the Constitution after a Bill of Rights was added to protect civil liberties. - Correct. The main problem that the Anti-Federalists had with the Constitution was the creation of a strong federal government that could seize civil rights, because of that they would only ratify the Constitution if it held a Bill of Rights to protect citizens.
Checks and Balances were added to the Constitution to make sure the government does not go into debt. - Incorrect. The Checks and Balances system was added to the Constitution to limit the government power by giving power and mechanisms to stop the government to the other powers - legislative branch and judiciary branch.
Throughout history, to prevent the Civil War, the south could have accepted President Lincoln and his opinions on slavery and how the US was going to get its money. To have completely prevented a Civil War, the north could have accepted the south's secession.
