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36 Cards in this Set
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Articles of confederation
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left the central gov weak and gave most power to the states
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Daniel Shays
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-mass farmer
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Shay's rebellion
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left 8 men dead
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Northwest Ordinance
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created some states
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territories
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area of land that belongs to the gov.
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Northwest Territory
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included INDIANA OHIO WISCONSIN MICHIGAN AND ILLINOIS
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Richard Allen
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-former slave
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statehood
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to become a state
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Annapolis, Maryland
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where congress met to discuss problems with states
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Alexander Hamilton
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wrote letters inviting delegates to Constitutional Convention
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Gouverneur Morris
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-from NY
-actually wrote the Constitution by putting together the resolutions and decisions of the Convention |
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James Madison
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Came to the Convention ll days early to take notes
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VA plan
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a plan that created our gov today
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legislative branch
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-makes laws
-called Congress |
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Executive branch
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- president=leader
-carries out laws made by Congress |
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Judicial Branch
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-decides meanings of laws
-Held the Supreme Court |
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New Jersey Plan
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a plan that gave all states the same number of Representatives
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Roger Sherman
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a judge from Connecticut who saved the Convention
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Great Compromise
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-said Congress would have 2 separate houses
-Sherman proposed this plan |
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amendment
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additions to the Constitution
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Preamble
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the beginning of the Constitution
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republic
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system of gov where people choose representatives to make laws and run the gov
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republic
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a system of gov where the people choose the representatives to run their gov
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federal system
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what our gov is called today
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checks and balances
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other branches check on other branches to make sure no one has the most power
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veto
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to refuse to approve of a law
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ratify
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or officially approve
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Federalists
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supporters of the constitution
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Federalists
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supporters of the Constitution
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Anti-federalists
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opponents of Federalists
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Bill of Rights
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a doc that describes the basic rights of people
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George Mason
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wrote the first bill of rights
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George Washington
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first president
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NYC
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U.S. first capital
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secretary
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headed each office of the Cabinet
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political parties
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group of people who share same ideas of gov
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