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8.1
Term | Definition |
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Wilderness Road | Not easy to travel road, too narrow for carts or wagons, but it became the main road to Kentucky (Daniel Boone helped build the road) |
Republic | The people choose representatives to govern them. |
Articles of Confederation | The national government had few powers because many Americans were afraid that a strong government would lad to tyranny or oppressive rule. (Final plan) |
Land Ordinance of 1785 | Surveyors to stake out six mile square plots, called townships, in the western lands. |
Northwest Territory | This territory included land that formed the states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and part of Minnesota. |
Northwest Ordinance | Described how the Northwest territory was to be governed, as it grew in population, it would gain rights to the self-government. |
Shay's Rebellion | An uprising of debt ridden Massachusetts farmers in 1787. |