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Constitution
Constitution-Citizenship
Term | Definition |
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Articles of Confederation | created during the Revolutionary War; created a weak central government |
Constitution | replaced the Articles of Confederation; created a strong central government; sets up rules and limits of government |
Federalist | a person who supported the creation of a strong central government |
Anti-Federalist | a person who DID NOT support a strong central government |
Rice & Indigo | lost their value because England found cheaper markets |
3/5 Compromise | compromise between slave states and free states; increased the number of southern representatives |
Legislative Branch | makes laws |
Judicial Branch | interprets laws |
Executive Branch | enforces laws |
Amend | to change |
Ratify | to accept or approve |
New Jersey Plan | small state plan; representation equal for all states |
Virginia Plan | large state plan; representation based on population |
Great Compromise | compromise between large states and small states; established two legislative houses |
Cotton Gin | invention that led to an increase in slave labor |
Columbia | New capital of South Carolina |
Philadelphia Convention (Constitutional Convention) | group who created the U.S. Constitution |
Henry Laurens & Charles Pinckney | SC's representatives to the Philadelphia Convention |
suffrage | the right to vote |
SC Ratifying Convention | meeting held in SC to vote on the U.S. Constitution |
Senate | Legislative House; each state gets two |
House of Representatives | Legislative House: representation based on population |
Checks and Balances | created to make sure no one branch of government becomes too powerful |
Northwest Ordinance | established guidelines for creating territories and states; created under the Articles of Confederation |
Shay's Rebellion | showed weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation |