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Experimenting with Federation
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| republic | A government which citizens rule through their state representative |
| Republicanism | The belief that government should be based on the consent of the people. |
| Articles of Confederation | Two levels of government shared powers, state govt. vs Federal govt responsibilities |
| confederation | an alliance |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | A law that established a plan for surveying and selling the federally owned lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | A law that established a procedure for the admission of new states to the union. |