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US Unit 5
AP Us History
Term | Definition |
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Confederate Power: | National: (Single circle/power) Confederation: (Even sized circles) Federal: (National power, separate circles off of the national circle) |
Sovereignty: | Self governing/authority of state |
Who was sovereign in the Articles of Confederation government: | Each state/the people |
State + National Powers: | State: Authority, Tax, and Economy National: Land and Military |
Article of Confederation: | Weaknesses: Economic problems, no judicial branch, little power, competition among states, little agreement between states (9/13) Strengths: Won the Revolutionary War, distribution of land |
Land Ordinance: | Laid out the process by which lands west of the Appalachian Mountains were to be surveyed and sold |
Northwest Ordinance: | Created 5 states, made a process of how to become states |
Townships: | Numbered grid |
Sections: | Acred grid: 640, 320, 160, 80, 40 |
What event made some Americans realize they needed a new government? | Shays’ Rebellion |
Father of the Constitution: | James Madison |
Where/When was the Constitution held: | Where: Philadelphia Hall When: 1787 |
Who served as president of the Constitution: | George Washington |
2 Plans: | New Jersey Plan, and Virginia Plan |
How did the Great Compromise Deal With Representation: | Based off of population |
What was the 3/5ths Population: | Allowed the counting of 3/5ths of the slave population to count towardsthe states representation |
Antifederalist: | Against the Constitution (Add Bill of Rights) |
Federalist: | For the Constitution |
The Leaders of Each: | Federalists:John Adams + Alexander Hamilton Antifederalist: George Mason |