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21 Cards in this Set
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First American constitution, passed in 1777, which created a loose alliance of 13 independent states.
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Articles of Confederation
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Law setting up a system for settling the Northwest territory.
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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A 1787 law that set up a governmetn for the Northwest territory.
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Northwest Ordinance
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A 1787 revolt in Massachusetts led by farmers in reaction to high taxes.
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Shay's Rebellion
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Document that sets out the laws, principles, organizations, and process of a government.
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Constitution
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Written List of freedoms the government promises to protect.
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Bill of Rights
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To publicly kill someone up close.
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Execute
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To give up
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Cede
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Money
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Currency
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Period where business activity slows, prices and wages fall, and unemployment rises.
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Depression
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Gathering of state representatives on May 25, 1787, to revise the Articles of Confederation.
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Constitutional Convention
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36-year old Virginia man who announced ideas that said how to structure a democratic government which attracted delegates. Often called "Father of the Constitution."
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James Madison
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Olan of the Constitutional Convention that called a strong national government with three branches and a 2-chamber legislature.
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Virginia Plan
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Plan at the Constitutional Convention, favored by smaller states, that called for three branches of government with a single chamber legislature.
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New Jersey Plan
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Connecticut man who made a compromise that called for the creation of a 2-house legislature.
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Roger Sherman
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Plan at the Constitutonal Convention that settles the differences between large and small states.
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Great Compromise
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Agreement at the Constitutional Convention that three-fifths of the slaves in any state be counted in its population.
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Three-Fifths Compromise
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Branch of government that passes laws.
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Legislative Branch
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Branch of government that passes out laws.
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Executive Branch
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Branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly.
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Judicial Branch
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Settlement in which each side gives up some of its demands in order to reach an agreement.
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Compromise
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