ayo, chp 8 Word Scramble
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Wilderness Road | A road that traveled westward over the Appalachian Mountians into Kentucky. |
Republic | A government in which the people elect representatives to govern. |
Articles of Confederation | The first government of the United States. |
Land Ordinance of 1785 | Law that set up townships in the Western lands, which became known as the Northwest Territory. |
Northwest Territory | Land that formed the modern states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. |
Northwest Ordinance | Law that organized the Northwest Territory. |
Shay's Rebellion | Anti-tax protest by farmers. |
Constitutional Convention | Meeting in Philadelphia called to change the Articles of Confederation. |
James Madison | One of the leaders of the Constitutional Convention. |
Virginia Plan | Plan that called for represenatation in the legislature to be based on states' population or wealth. |
New Jersey Plan | Plan that called for each state to have equal representation in the legislature. |
Great Compromise | Called for a two-house legislature with representation based on population in one house and equal representation in the other house. |
Three-Fifths Compromise | Called for counting three-fifths of the slave population for representation and taxation. |
Federalism | A system of government in which power is shared among the federal government and the states. |
Federalists | People who supported the ratification of the Constituition. |
Antifederalists | People who opposed the ratification of the Constituition. |
The Federalist papers | Essays that explained and defended the Constituiton. |
George Mason | Influential Vriginian who opposed ratification of the Constituiton. |
Bill of Rights | Set of amendments to the Constituiton passed to protect individual rights. |
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