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21 Cards in this Set
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Constitutions
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Written descriptions of the kind of government you want to have
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Legislature
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Where proposed laws were to be debated.
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Executive
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Carried out the laws and day-to-day operations of the government
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Courts
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Where laws could be enforced.
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Bills of Rights
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Rules the government had to follow
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conservative
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Less likely to encourage change
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public servants
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The idea trhat the government served the people.
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Articles of Confederation
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Put in writing what the Contenintal Congress was already exercising
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Ratify
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approve
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Peace of paris
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Treaty of paris
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Land ordinance of 1785
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Established a method of selling the land
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townships
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6 mile regions
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Land Ordinance of 1787 AKA Northwest ordinance
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Plan to govern townships
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territories
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Units that the northwest was divided into
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republican
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power lies in representatives
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depression
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Brief economic downturn
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Tarrifs
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Taxes on imports
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Continential dollars
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Paper Money
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hard money
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gold and silver coins
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inflation
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When prices rise because people have too much money
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Unconstitutional
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Violated the states constitution
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