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Chapter 8 Vocabulary
Chapter 8 Vocab. EL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The trail into Kentucky that woodsman Daniel Boone helped build. It was traveled by settlers, usually on foot or horseback, to reach Kentucky. | Wilderness Road |
| A form of government in which people choose representatives to govern for them. | Republic |
| A document, adopted by the Continental Congress in 177 and finally approved by the states in 1781, that outlined the form of government of the new United States. Little power was given to the national government. | Articles of Confederation |
| A law that established a plan for surveying and selling the federally owned lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. It called for surveyors to stake out six-mile-square plots, called townships, in the Western lands. | Land Ordinance of 1785 |
| Territory covered by the Land Ordinance of 1785, which included land that formed the states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and part of Minnesota. | Northwest Territory |
| Described how the Northwest Territory was to be governed and set conditions for settlement and settlers' rights. | Northwest Ordinance |
| An uprising by Massachusetts farmers in debt in 1787. It was put down, but the event came to be known and convinced many that a stronger national government was needed. | Shays's Rebellion |
| A meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 to consider changes to the Articles of Confederation; resulted in the drafting of the Constitution. | Constitutional Convention |
| A delegate to the Constitutional Convention who was perhaps one of the most important participant (was well-informed about what was happening and took thorough notes of the convention's proceedings), earning the title "Father of the Constitution." | James Madison |
| Proposed a government that would have three branches-the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary. A bicameral legislature would have the power to levy taxes, regulate commerce, and make laws; representation based on a state's population or wealth. | Virginia Plan |
| Presented as an alternative to the Virginia Plan, it called for a unicameral legislature with each state having only one vote. (similar to the Articles of Confederation in providing equal representation for each state) | New Jersey Plan |
| The Constitutional Convention's agreement to establish a legislature with two houses, one house with equal representation from each state and the other basing state representation on the state's population. | Great Compromise |
| Under this agreement, three-fifths of the slave population would be counted when setting direct taxes on the states and for determining representation in the legislature. | Three-Fifths Compromise |
| A system of government in which power is shared between the central (or federal) government and the states. | Federalism |
| Supporters of the Constitution. They supported giving more power to the national government and favored separation of powers. They also proposed a single person to lead the executive branch. | Federalists |
| A series of essays defending and explaining the Constitution. | The Federalist Papers |
| A very influential Virginian, he was an Antifederalist who was present at the Constitutional Convention but, like Patrick Henry, refused to consider voting for it unless as bill of rights was added. | George Mason |
| The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, added in 1791, and consisting of a formal list of citizens' rights and freedoms. | Bill of Rights |
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