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Ms. Cheshire 11.3.14
Confederation to Constitution VOCABULARY
Question | Answer |
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Federalist | Supporters of the Constitution |
Northwest Territory | Territory covered by the Land Ordinance of 1785, which included land that formed the states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota |
Northwest Ordinance | It described how the Northwest Territory was to be governed and set conditions for settlement and settlers’ rights |
Shay’s Rebellion | An uprising of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers in 1787 proving the government under the Articles of Confederation did not work |
Anti-Federalist | A person who opposed the ratification of the US Constitution |
Great Compromise | The Constitutional Convention’s agreement to establish a two-house legislature, with all states having equal representation in one house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house |
Three-Fifths Compromise | The Constitutional Convention's agreement to count three-fifths of a state’s slaves as population for purposes of representation and taxation |
Land Ordinance of 1785 | A law that established a plan for surveying and selling the federally owned lands wert of the Appalachian Mountains |
Federalist Papers | A series of essays defending and explaining the Constitution |
Constitutional Convention | A meeting held in 1787 to consider changes to the Articles of Confederation; resulted in the drafting of the US Constitution |
Bill of Rights | The first 10 amendments to the US Constitution, added in 1791, and consisting of a formal list of citizens’ rights and freedoms |
Articles of Confederation | A document, adopted by the Continental Congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781, that outlined the form of government of the new United States |
New Jersey Plan | A plan of government proposed at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 that called for a one-house legislature in which each states would have one vote |
Virginia Plan | A plan proposed to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 that called for a government with three branches and a two-house legislature in which representation would be based on a state’s population. |