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35 Cards in this Set
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fundimental rights, suck as religous liberty and equality before the law
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natrual rights
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a set of basic principles and laws that determine the powers and duties of the government
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constitution
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a type of government in which the head of state is elected and the people hold the political power
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republic
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legislation that gave people in the Virgina freedom of worship and freedom to speak theiropinions about religion
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Virgina Statue for Religious Freedom
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voting rights
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suffrage
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document approved in 1777 that created a limited central government for the U.S.; was replaced by the U.S. constitution in 1789
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Articles of Confederation
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formal approval
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ratification
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legislation passed by congress authorizing surveys and the division of public lands in the western region of the country
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Land Ordiance of 1785
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legislation passed by congress to establish a political structure for the lands in the Northwest Territory
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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a vast region that included present-day Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin
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Norhtwest Territory
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taxes on imprts or exports
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tarrifs
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trade conducted between 2 or more states
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interstate commerce
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people who lend money
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creditors
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people who owe money
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debtors
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a steep drop in economic activity
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depression
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uprising of Massachusetts's farmers led by Daniel Shays, to protest high taxes, heavy debt, and farm foreclosures
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Shay's rebellion
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leading an army of farmers in Shays' Rebellion
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Daniel Shays
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meeting in which Philidelphia at which delegates from each state wrote the U.S. Constitution
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constitutional convention
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has mainly drafted the Virgina Plan
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James Madison
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plan for government proposed at the Contitutional Convention in which the national government would have 3 branches- elective, judicial, and legislative
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Virgina Plan
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New Jersey delegate presented the small-state
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William Paterson
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proposed to create a unicameral government; rejected at the Contitutional Convention
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New Jersey plan
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was among those on the committee who proposed a compromise
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Roger Sherman
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agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention establishing that a state's population would determine representation in the lower house of legislature, which each state would have equel representation in the upper house of legislature
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Great Compromise
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agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention that said 3/5 of the slaves in each state should be counted as part of the state's population or determining representation in the lower house od congress
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Three-Fifths Compromise
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the distrubution of government power between a central authority and the states or provinces that make up the nation
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federalism
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division of the government that proposes bills and passes them into laws
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legislative branch
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divison of the federal government that includes the president and the administrative departments; enforces the nations laws
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elecutive branch
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division of the federal government that is made up the national courts; interprets laws, punishes criminals, and settles disputes between states
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judicial branch
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a system to prevent 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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people who supported ratification of the Constitution
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federalists
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series of essays that dended the U.S. Constitution and tried to reassure Americans that the states would not over-powered by the federal government
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federalists papers
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official changes, corrections or additions
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amendments
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first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution which were ratified in 1791
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Bill of Rights
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