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40 Cards in this Set
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set of basic principles and laws that state the powers and duties of the government
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constitution
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support of a system of government called a republic
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republicanism
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all leaders have to obey the laws and no one has total power
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limited government
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law promoted the seperation of church and state in Virginia
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Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom
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voting rights
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suffrage
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a new confederation congress would become the central national government. Each state would have one vote in the congress. the national government did not have a president or a court system
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Articles of Confederation
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official approval
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ratification
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set up a system for surveying and dividing the public territory
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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created the northwest territory. created a system for bringing new states into the union. diveded into smaller territiores which had a fovernor appointed by congress, when reached 60 000 they could draft own constitution and ask for permission to be a state
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northwest ordinance of 1787
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taxes on imports or exports
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TARIFFS
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trade betweeen 2 or more states
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interstate commerce
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people who owe money
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debtors
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people who lend money
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creditors
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period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment
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depression
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farmers in three western massachusettes began a revult - with the courts shut down, no ones property could be taken
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Shays's Rebellion
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leader of Shays's Rebellion
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Daniel Shay
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meeting where delegates discussed ways to improve the articles of confederation
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Constitutional convention
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most important delagate
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James Madison
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large state plan. offered new federal constitution that would give sovereignty or supreme power to the central government. divided government into 3 parts.
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Virginia Plan
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New Jersey Delegate presented the New Jeresey Plan
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William Paterson
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small state plan. proposed keeping Congress's structure the same. called for a unicameral or one house legislature. each state would have an equal number of votes, giving smaller states an equal voice in the national government.
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New Jersey Plan
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every state, regardless its size would have an equl vote in the upper house of the legislature. each state would have a number of representatives based on its population in the lower house. -satisfied both plans
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Great Compromise
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each slave would be counted as 3/5ths a person when determining representation.
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3/5ths compromise
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idea that polictical authority belongs to the people
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popular sovereignty
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sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country
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Federalism
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congress
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legislative branch
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federal government
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executive branch
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courts
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judicial branch
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sysetem established by the constitution that prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful
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checks and balances
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people who opposed the constitution
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antifederalists
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became a antifederalist because consitution did not contain a bill of rights
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George Mason
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supporters of constitution
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Federalists
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important arguments in favor of the constitution appeared in a series of widely read essays that became known as the
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Federalist Papers
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official changes corrections or addictions
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amendments
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first 10 amendments to the US constitution
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Bill of Rights
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became a antifederalist because consitution did not contain a bill of rights
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George Mason
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supporters of constitution
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Federalists
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important arguments in favor of the constitution appeared in a series of widely read essays that became known as the
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Federalist Papers
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official changes corrections or addictions
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amendments
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first 10 amendments to the US constitution
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Bill of Rights
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