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Chapter 8

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"Father of the Constitution"   Madison  
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The "Plan" that became the first framework for the Constitution   Virginia Plan  
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Where, what level of government, had the most power under the Articles of Confederation   State government  
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The issue that needed to be settled before the smaller states ratified the Articles   Western Lands  
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What problems led to the Constitutional Convention   Shays Rebellion/ to many people in debt govt had to regulate trade  
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What was the purpose of the 3/5ths Compromise   to resolve debate over how to count slaves  
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Which groups were not represent at the Constitutional Convention   African Americans, Native American Women  
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Which group opposed ratification of the Constitution   Antiferderalists  
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Why did the new government add a Bill of Rights to the Constitution   to protect the rights of the people against the power of strong government  
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Define the Northwest Ordinance of 1787   Set up an orderly process for admitting teritoiries for states; sent represitives to congress to elect a new assembly for the new states  
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What was the purpose of the Annapolis Convention   Amend the Articles  
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What did Virginia and New York want added till they were to ratify? why was it important?   The Bill of Rights/without Virginia the new government would no have support of the largest state. without new york the continent would be divided into two parts geographically.  
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How did the Antifederalists present their arguments   Using pamphlets and newspapers  
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Who wrote the Federalist papers?   James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay, the secreatary of foreign affairs for the Confederation Congress  
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Helped to create the Wilderness Road   Daniel Boone  
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Rights listed in northwest ordinance of 1787   Rivers open to navigation, freedom of religion, trial by jury  
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State that did not attend Constitutional Convention   Rhode island refused to participate  
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First to ratify Constitution   Deleware  
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George Mason   refused to sign the constitution unless a Bill of Rights was added  
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New state governments formed after war   all had a republican form of government, some had a Bill of Rights, some had seperate branches of government  
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the year slave trade was banned   1808  
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why congress passed the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787   because it was how to divide and govern the lands  
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Shays Rebellion and Revelutionary War similar   Both of them were about people angry towards paying taxes  
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Federalism's definition   a system of government where power is shared between the central (Federal) and the state governments  
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The Group that created the Articles of Federation   Continental Congress  
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Why did the Americans fear a strong national government   many americans were afraid that a strong government would result in tieranny  
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Why did the Antifederalists dislike the constitution   the Antifederalists thought the constitution took to much power away from the states and did not guarantee rights for the other people  
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How did Congresses inability to tax weaken the government   the congress had owed tons of money to pay for the Revolutionary War, they had no way of paying it so soldiers threatened them and they had to flee town  
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