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Forming a New Nation
Vocabulary- Forming the United States
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1.Enlightenment 2. American Models of Government 3. British Government | 3 areas Founding Fathers got ideas about new government from |
| Rule of Law | Idea that even government officials are subject to the law |
| Magna Carta | Document that was signed by King John in 1215 that put the king under the law |
| Enlightenment | A period of time when people developed new ideas about human existence, including people’s basic rights and the control they should have over their governments and their futures. |
| Natural Rights | All human beings deserves the right to life, liberty, property, and the freedom to find happiness |
| Social Contract | Citizens give up some freedoms in order to have government protection of their rights as citizens |
| Consent of the Governed | Idea that if government fails to uphold their end of the social contract, the citizens have a right to revolt |
| Republicanism | The idea that a country’s leader should be chosen by the citizens in a general election |
| Constitution | A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government |
| Legislature | North Carolina made this governing body the strongest in the state according to the NC state constitution |
| Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom | This document declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money. |
| Suffrage | The right to vote |
| Articles of Confederation | Set up the first national government of the United States |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | Set up a system for surveying and dividing western lands |
| Northwest Territory | Territory established by Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
| Public Education | Northwest Ordinance stated that new states must provide this to children |
| Tariffs | Taxes on imports and exports |
| Great Britain | Nation that closed ports and blocked trade in the West Indies for the United States |
| Spain | Country that blocked Americans from using the bottom half of the Mississippi River |
| Interstate Commerce | Trade between 2 or more states |
| Inflation | An increase of prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money |
| Depression | A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment |
| Shay's Rebellion | The uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt that made all American aware of the weakness of the Articles of Confederation and the need for a brand new federal government |
| Constitutional Convention | Held in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall in 1787 to improve the Articles of Confederation but instead wrote the Constitution |
| Paterson | Writer of the New Jersey Plan |
| New Jersey Plan | Plan that wanted 1 house legislature and equal representation |
| Small states | Type of states favored by the New Jersey Plan |
| Randolph | Writer of the Virginia Plan |
| Virginia Plan | Plan that wanted representation based on population and a 2 house legislature |
| Large states | Type of states favored by the Virginia Plan |
| Sherman | Writer of the Great Compromise |
| Great Compromise | Plan that called for a 2 house legislature: 1 house with equal representation and 1 house with representation based on population |
| Three Fifths Compromise | Only 3/5 of a state’s slave population will count toward representation |
| Popular Sovreignty | Idea that political authority belongs to the people |
| Federalism | The sharing of power between the federal and state governments |
| Legislative Branch | Branch of government that makes and passes laws; Congress |
| Executive Branch | Branch of government that makes sure law are being carried out; President and government departments |
| Judicial Branch | Branch of government responsible for interpreting laws and punishing those who break laws; court system |
| Antifederalists | People who opposed the Constitution; included George Mason, Patrick Henry, and Samuel Adams |
| Bill of Rights | What the Antifederalists wanted added to the Constitution |
| Federalists | People who supported the Constitution; included Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and Alexander Hamilton |
| Federalist Papers | Used by the Federalists to gain support for the Constitution |
| Hamilton, Madison, and Jay | Writers of the Federalist Papers |
| Bill of Rights | First 10 amendments to the Constitution that are designed to protect the rights of the Citizens |
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