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articles of confederation
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a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states; it provided a legal symbol of their union by giving the central government no coercive power over the states or their citizens
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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adopted by the United States Congress on May 20, 1785. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress did not have the power to raise revenue by direct taxation of the inhabitants of the United States
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Northwest Ordinance
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The primary effect of the ordinance was the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States out of the region south of the Great Lakes, north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River. On August 7, 1789, the U.S. Congress affirmed the Ordinance with slight modifications under the Constitution.
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Constitutional Convention
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the convention of United States statesmen who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787
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Theory of State Sovereignty
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Society of the Cincinnati
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an historic organization with branches in the United States and France founded in 1783 to preserve the ideals and fellowship of the Revolutionary War officers and to pressure the government to honor pledges it had made to officers who fought for American independence
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San Souci Club
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Primogeniture
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right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son
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John Woolman
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an itinerant Quaker preacher, traveling throughout the American colonies, advocating against conscription, military taxation, and particularly slavery.
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Federalist Number 10
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is an essay by James Madison and the tenth of the Federalist Papers, a series arguing for the ratification of the United States Constitution
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Shays Rebellion
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an armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts
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Virginia Plan
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the proposal submitted by Virginia at the Constitutional Convention. The Constitution is based on this plan
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Committee of Detail
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a committee established by the Philadelphia Convention on June 23, 1787 to put down a draft text reflecting the agreements made by the Convention up to that point
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Jay-Gardoqui Treaty
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786 between the United States and Spain guaranteed Spain's exclusive right to navigate the Mississippi River for 25 years. It also opened Spain's European and West Indian seaports to American shipping
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Federalist #84
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Montesquieu – The Spirit of Laws
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3/5 Compromise
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a compromise between Southern and Northern states reached during the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 in which three-fifths of the population of slaves would be counted for enumeration purposes
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William Paterson
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a signer of the U.S. Constitution, and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
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Republican
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a member of the Republican Party
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Benjamin Banneker
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a free African American astronomer, mathematician, surveyor, almanac author and farmer
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Phyllis Wheatley
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the first African American poet and the first African-American woman whose writings were published
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Society for the Relief of Free Negroes
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Henry Knox
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was an American bookseller from Boston who became the chief artillery officer of the Continental Army and later the nation's first secretary of war.
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Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania
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a series of essays written by the Pennsylvania lawyer and legislator John Dickinson (1732–1808) and published under the name "A Farmer" from 1767 to 1768. The twelve letters were widely read and reprinted throughout the thirteen colonies, and were important in uniting the colonists against the Townshend Acts. The success of his letters earned Dickinson considerable fame
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New Jersey Plan
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a proposal for the structure of the United States Government proposed by William Paterson at the Philadelphia Convention on June 15, 1787
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Anti-Federalists
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a political philosophy which opposes the concept of Federalism. In short, Anti-Federalists dictate that the central governing authority of a nation should be equal or inferior to, but not having more power than, its sub-national states
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Bill of Rights
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a statement of fundamental rights and privileges
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Robert Morris
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leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army
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John Jay
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United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court
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James Madison
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4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill of Rights
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Governor Morris
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Status of Slavery
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