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20 Cards in this Set
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English Philosopher who developed the theory of "natural rights"
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John Locke
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An early supporter of confederate states and an elder statesmen.
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Benjamin Franklin
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The first U.S. Constitution
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Articles of confederation
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The ordinance that marked off the land into townships and divided each township into 640-acre tracts.
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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The act that established the system for governing the Northwest Territories.
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Northwest Ordinance
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A former Revolutionary War captain that led the rebellion in which many angry farmers took up arms against the government.
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Daniel Shays
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The rebellion in which farmers shut down debtor courts and stopped property auctions.
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Shays's Rebellion.
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A convention to strengthen the government
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Constitutional Convention
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A delegate to the Continental Congress. The father of the constitution
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James Madison
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Virginia's Governor that sparked a heated debate when he presented the Virginia Plan
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Edmund Randolph
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The proposal to restructure the government
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Virginia Plan
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The division of powers between a strong central government and the state governments
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federalism
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Made up of 2 houses
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bicameral
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Proposed the balancing of the interests of the large and small states (also known as the Great Compromise)
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Roger Sherman
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This granted each state, regardless of size, an equal voice in the upper house. In the lower house, representation would be between according to population
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The Great Compromise
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The group that supported the ratification of the Constitution
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Federalists
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Feared a strong national government and wanted the Articles of Confederation revised
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Antifederalists
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77 essays that appeared in the newspapers throughout the states and later became a book
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The Federalist papers
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Leader of the Constitutional Convention |
George Washington |
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He came up with the plan that called for each state to have one vote in Congress instead of the number of votes being based on population (the New Jersey plan)
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William Patterson |
