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23 Cards in this Set
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A law that describes how the northwest territory was governed
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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Newly acquired territory that also includes land that t formed Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin
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Northwest Territory
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A law that established a plan to divide the federally owned land west of the Appalachian mountains |
Land ordinance of 1785
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People who are concerned that the constitution is going to take away to much power from the states
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Antifederalists
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people who are totally with the constitution and most of the laws
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Federalists |
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The first 10 amendments of the Constitution |
Bill of Rights |
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A place where people could get together and choose representatives to govern them
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Republic
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the constitution is a living document witch means it can be changed by ...
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Amendment
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A system of government in which power is shared between the national government and state
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Federalism
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when- 1787 may 25th where-Philadelphia who -all 13 colonies, not road island ,George Washington what- meeting to make /disuse are constitution of the USA |
Constitutional Convention
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3/5 of the slave population would be counted/ be a part of the representation
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3/5 compromise
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Virginia plan
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the legislator in with the stats representative is based on its population
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New Jersey plan
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each state had a vote on representation
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the Virginia plan and the new jersey plan both compromised on one house of legislative house of representatives would be elected based on population
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the grate compromise
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what is another term for official approval
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ratification
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Because the federal government could not tax, it hade to rely on whom for $
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they had to rely on the stats to giver or barrow the money
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how many people had to live in a area before it became a state
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60,000 people
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What were the farmers in shays rebellion protesting |
High taxis and no debt relief
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the ability for each branch in the government to exercise checks and control other balances |
checks and balances |
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how did the constitutional convention deal with the issue of banning the slaver trade and slavery its self |
the said slaves could not be banned till 1808
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what were the immediate goal of the federalist papers |
to peruse citizens to ratify the constitution |
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what powers did the fedral governmet havd and did not have on the articles of cow |
they had the power to conduct foreign affairs they did not have the power to collect taxes |
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what were the two key factors leading to the call for a constitutional convention |
the rebellion could not law out trade |
