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SS Vocab section 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Wilderness Road | The main road in Kentucky |
| Land Ordinance Of 1785 | called for surveyors to take out 6 mile square plots which became Northwest Territory |
| Republic | people chose the representatives to govern them |
| Northwest Territory | land that formed the states Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and part of Mississippi |
| Articles Of Confederation | the final plan that gave the government little power |
| Northwest Ordinance | how the northwest territory was to be governed |
| Shays's Rebillion | farmers who became a threat to the Americans/militia |
| Constitutional Covention | The Philadelphia meeting |
| James Madison | Read more than 100 books on government to prepare for the meeting |
| Virginia Plan | Proposed a government with 3 branches |
| New Jersey Plan | Proposed a legislature with only one house |
| Great Compromise | Each state would have an equal number of votes in the senate |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | Three-fifths of the slave population would be counted when setting direct taxes |
| Federalism | A system of government in which the power is shared between the central or federal government and states |
| Federalists | People who supported the constitution |
| Antifedralists | People who opposed the constitution |
| The Federalists Papers | The essays wrote by federalist to answer the anti-federalists attacks |
| George Mason | The most influential Virginian beside Washington |
| Bill Of Rights | The first 10 Amendments |