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20 Cards in this Set
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Declaration of Independence |
Preamble Wanted Natural Rights- life liberty, pursuit of happiness Greivences against King George III |
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Loyalist |
colonists who wanted to stay loyal to King George III |
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England Strengths |
Great Navy, lots of money, some loyalist support in America |
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Englad Weakness |
far away from America Parliment members opposed King war policy bad fighting techniques |
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America Strengths |
George Washington Had experience because of French Indian War Defensive Tactics Knew the land |
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America Weaknessess |
Discipline was poor desertions were frequent lacked military supplies and $$ poorly organized government |
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Charles Lee |
American Traitor Revolutionary general who tried to undermine Washington's authority on several occasions; he was eventually dismissed from the military. |
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Benedict Arnold |
American General who was labeled a traitor when he assisted the British in a failed attempt to take the American fort at West Point.
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Article of Confederation |
BAD No Judicial Branch Unicameral (One house) could not collect taxes could not draft men Didnt favor strong central government GOOD Northwest ordinance of 1787 |
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Northwest Ordinance of 1878 |
Enacted in 1787, it is considered one of the most significant achievements of the Articles of Confederation. It established a system for setting up governments in the western territories so they could eventually join the Union on an equal footing with the original 13 states
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Shay's Rebellion |
Farmer who could not repay their loans and assumed it was the governments fault |
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Land Ordinance of 1785 |
A law that divided much of the United States into a system of townships to facilitate the sale of land to settlers. |
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Father of Constitution |
James Madison |
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Thomas Jefferson |
..., Virginian, architect, author, governor, and president. Lived at Monticello. Wrote the Declaration of Independence. Second governor of Virgina. Third president of the United States. Designed the buildings of the University of Virginia.
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William Paterson |
Presented New Jersey Plan |
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Roger Sherman |
Presented Connecticut Plan |
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Great Compromise |
A compromise that proposed two houses of Congress; one where a state's population would determine representation and another where all states were represented equally
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Anti-Federalists |
opposed strong central government urged for a bill of rights |
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Articles of the Constitution |
Let Eat Jelly Sandwhiches And Sip Root beer 1 Legislative 2 Executive 3 Judicial 4 States Rights 5 Amending Constitution 6 Supreme Law of Land 7 Ratifying Constitution |
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Bill of Rights |
Added to appease Anti-Federalists |