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US History

4.1 Government by Confederation

TermDefinition
Articles of the Confederation The first plan of government for the US
Confederation Congress The unicameral legislature under the Articles of Confederation
unicameral Having only 1 house in a legislature
Northwest Territory All the lands west of the original 13 colonies
Ordinance of 1784 Legislations, written by Thomas Jefferson, that created 10 new states out of the Northwest Territory, banned slavery in the region, and gave land to settlers instead of selling it
Land Ordinance of 1785 Land that provided for the distribution and settlement of the Northwest territory and which divided the territory into townships and lots
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Law that required the Northwest Territory to be divided into at least 3 but no more than 5 states and provided steps for a territory to become a state
right of deposit The freedom to stockpile goods at a port until ships transport them overseas
Newburgh Conspiracy Plan by a group of Revolutionary War army officers to force the Confederation Congress to grant back pay and pensions and possibly replace the government with a new government under a king or dictator
Shay's Rebellion Uprising led by Daniel Shays in Massachusetts to prevent farmers from losing their property to foreclosures by forcing some courts to close and attempting to seize a federal armory
confederation a close alliance of sovereign states
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