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ch 8 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a road that was to narrow for carts a wagons it became the main road to kentucky. | wilderness road |
| people that chose representatives to govern them | republic |
| a document adopted by the continental congress in 1777 | articles of confederation |
| a law established a plan surveying and selling the federally | land of ordinance of 1785 |
| a territory covered by the land ordinance of 1785 | northwest territory |
| described how the northwest territory was to be governed | northwest ordinance |
| an uprising of debt-ridden massachusetts farmers in 1787 | shays rebellion |
| a Philadelphia meeting | constitutional convention |
| one of the ablest delegates, and read more than hundred books on government. | james madison |
| a new plan for a whole new government | virginia plan |
| called for a legislature with only one plan | the new jersey plan |
| the constitutional convention agreement to establish a two-house national legislature | great compromise |
| three fifths of the slaves population would be counted when setting direct taxes | three fifths compromise |
| a system of government in which power is shared between the central | federalism |
| people who supported the constitution | federalists |
| essays that appeared as letters in the new york newspapers | the federalists papers |
| the most influential virginian | george mason |
| The ten amendments to the U.S. concstitution | bill of right |