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32 Cards in this Set
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Article of Confederation
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First national government establish after the American Revolution. Focused on sovereignty.
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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The division of the newly a quired land in the North West, and distributed it.
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northwest Ordinance.
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Provided a structure of government in the North East.
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Constitutional Convention
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Convention held to resolve the issue delt with the Revision of the articles, and wrote the constitution.
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theory of state Sovereignty
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the idea that states would fuction best if given their own power rather then giving poer to the national government.
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Society of the Cincinnati
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Society that consisted of Revolution War veterans.
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Primogeniture
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Laws that involved giving a certain group an advantage over others.
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John Wollman
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Abolitionist, who actively preached against slavery.
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Federalist Number 10
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A federalist essay wirtten to convince people to ratify the constitution.
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Shay's Rebellion
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A rebellion of impoverished farmers who could not pay the oncoming depts due to lack of National government to control State's inflation.
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Virginian Plan
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Involved a bicameral legislature based on population.
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Committee of Detail
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The committee that formed the Rough-draft of the constitution.
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Nationalists vs. Localists
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Nationalists called for major constitutional reforms while localists supported the current constitution.
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Federalists vs Anti-Federalists
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Federalists approved the ratification of the new Constitution. Antifederalists felt it gave the national government too much power.
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Jay-Gardoqui Treaty
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Allowed Spain to occupy the mississippi for 25 years.
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Federalists number 84
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essay that supported the ratification of the Constitution.
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Montesquieu
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Beleived that republican government could not flourish in a large mass of land.
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3/5 Compromise
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allowed Slave holding colonies to have an unfree person count as 3/5s of a person.
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William Paterson
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New Jersey Lawyer who put forth the New Jersey Plan.
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Republican
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A form of government where Americans aimed for Liberty and equality.
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Benjamin Banneker
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Famouse African American astronomer that proved that freed slaves can accomplish things in the civilized world.
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Phyllis Wheatley
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African American poet and writer.
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Society for the Relief of Free Negroes
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Organization in Pennsylvania that promoted the abolishment of Slavery.
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Henry Knox
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Revolutionary War general and later because part of the first secretary on the united states.
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Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania
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United colonists against Townshend acts and promoted colonial sovereignty.
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New Jersey Plan
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Bicameral legislature giving each states one vote.
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Anti-Federalists
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Believed in power to the state government, and not National.
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Bill of Rights
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First ten amendments of the constitution to ensure the protection of individuals rights.
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Robert Morris
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Nationalists that supported the Iniana, Illinois, and Wabash companies. Worked with the constitutional convention.
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John Jay
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Wrote federalist papers.
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James Madison
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Creator of Virginian Plan.
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Status of Slavery
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Northern states usually abolished slavery one way or another. South had economic dependency on slavery,
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