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More Perfect Union

More Perfect Union Vocabulary

TermDefinition
Articles of Confederation first form of government in the United States.
Bicameral having two separate lawmaking chambers.
Shays Rebellion farmers in Massachusetts rebelled against courts foreclosing their farms.
Ordinance a law
Confederation an alliance of states created for a common purpose
natural rights basic rights people are born with, also called unalienable rights
Great Compromise constitution resulted in a two-house legislature with a House of Representatives based on population and the Senate with equal representation of 2 per state.
Three- Fifths Compromise agreement to count every 5 slaves as 3 free persons for the purpose of state taxation and legislative representation.
Federalism sharing power between the federal and state government.
Legislative Branch the lawmaking branch of government.
Executive Branch the branch of government that executes, or carries out the law; headed by the president.
Judicial Branch the branch of government that included the courts that settled disputes and questions of the law.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established rules for admitting new states orderly in the future expansion of the United States.
Constitution adopted in 1787 established the basic principles and laws of the United States that determined the powers and duties of the government and guarantees certain rights to the people in it.
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