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What is a plan of government Constitution
What is bicameral Two-houses
Why does states need a constitution To avoid too much power to one ruler or one branch of government What is citizens electing people to represent them and make decisions based on what the public wants
What is it called when citizens elect people to represent them and make decisions based on what th4ey want republic
in 1776 the Second Continental Congress had a group of people create a plan for central government called Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation had certain powers, but there were some important powers Congress didn't get. What were they? Control trade, force citizens to join the army, impose taxes
The Articles of Confederation could only be changed if All states had to agree to change them
How many votes did each state have? One
Congress could not pass a law unless _____ states voted for it Nine
Any plan to change the Articles needed to be approved by all _____ states Thirteen
The Articles of Confederation did not tell how to add new ____ States
In 1785, The Confederation Congressed passed _________ about western lands Ordinance or law
The ordinance to add new states, land west of the Appalachian Mountains provided A way to divide the land into Townships, then into sections.
The sections the western land was divided up into was sold to settlers
In 1787, this ordinance was created to divide up the property north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River Northwest Ordinance
The lands that were a part of the Northwest Ordinance could apply to become a state when ____ people lived there 60,000
Settlers had a bill of rights that stated Freedom of religion, trial by jury and no slavery
Since some of the settler did not have all the money needed to buy land this was passed The Land Act of 1800
This act made it possible for people to pay for the land over a period of how many years Four
To lose value depreciate
Why did Robert Morris's plan to pay the country's war debts fail? All 13 states had to approve - Rhode Island voted no
Why did Spain close the lower Mississippi River to American shipping in 1784? Spain wanted to stop America's growth in Spanish territory
Why did the American government have so many problems? The government was not strong enough. Americans felt the central government should have only the power to fight wears and to deal with other countries. Everything else had to be approved by the 13 states.
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