Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
31 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
States Constitution |
After declaring independence in 1776 each states set out to create its own state set of laws and government based on how they had worked as colonies |
|
|
Legislature |
Lawmaking body of elected officials |
|
|
Executive |
Chief officer of the government or state or business |
|
|
Republic |
State country or nation in which people elect representatives to govern |
|
|
Levy |
To raise or create a tax |
|
|
Arsenal |
A place where weapons and ammunition are stored |
|
|
Faction |
Small organized dissenting group within a larger ones especially in politics |
|
|
Ratification |
To approve or confirm a document or law or act |
|
|
Federal government |
National government |
|
|
Articles of Confederation |
First written plan for the national government that lasted a little over 10 years |
|
|
Confederation Congress |
The new national government under the Articles of Confederation was run by this group |
|
|
Surveyor |
People whose job it is to measure and divide land |
|
|
Land of ordinance 1785 |
Law that called for surveyors to divide up the frontier land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River into six mile square sections called territories |
|
|
Northwest Territory |
All the land between the Great Lakes and Ohio River and the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River and had been divided up (includes what is today Ohio Indiana Michigan Illinois Wisconsin) |
|
|
Northwest ordinance of 1787 |
A law that explained how the Northwest Territory would be governed |
|
|
Shays rebellion |
An uprising led by a former militia in Massachusetts |
|
|
Annapolis convention |
Meeting in Annapolis Maryland to the consequences of national government under the Articles of Confederation |
|
|
Constitutional Convention |
55 delegates met in Philadelphia starting in may 1787 and write the US Constitution after deciding to abolish the articles of confederation |
|
|
Federalist |
Group of people who supported the strong central gov. created by the US Constitution |
|
|
Great comprimise |
--Suggested by Robert Sherman Connecticut took most of the ideas from the Virginia Plan but comprimised a number of representative. |
|
|
antifederalist |
Group of people who opposed the strong central gov. created by the US Constitution |
|
|
Virginia Plan |
--Suggested plan for government favored by large states that would include three branches |
|
|
New Jersey Plan |
--Gov. plan favored by small states with three branches. |
|
|
3/5 Comprimise |
Founders agreed that each slave was 3/5 of a person. |
|
|
Slave trade comprimise |
Agreement made at the Constitutional Convention that said the importation of slaves to the US can be banned until 1808 |
|
|
Federalism |
The idea of states and national government sharing Power |
|
|
Amendment |
official changes to the constitution |
|
|
Electoral college |
Groups of representatives that vote for the president |
|
|
James Madison |
considered to be the father of the Constitution because his great influence on its creation |
|
|
Federalist Papers |
Letters written by supporters of the Constitution are written to persuade Americans to support ratification of the Constitution |
|
|
Anti Federalist Papers |
Letters written by opponents of the Constitution that were written to persuade Americans not support the ratification of Constitution |
