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the con. era
Question | Answer |
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wilderness road | the trail into Kentucky that woodsman Daniel Boone helped to build. |
articles of confederation | a document,adopted by the Continental Congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781, that outlined the form of government of the new United States. |
land ordinance 1785 | a law that established a plan for surveying and selling the federally owned lands west of the Appalchian Mountains |
northwest ordinance | it described how the Northwest Territory was to be govened and set conditions for settlement and settlers' rights. |
northwest territory | territory covered by the Land Ordinance of 1785, which included land that formed the states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan,Illinois< Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota |
republic | a government in which people elect representatives to govern for them. |
Shay's Rebellion | an uprising of debtridden Massachusetts farmers in 1787 |
constitutional convention | |
james madison | |
virginia plan | |
new jersey plan | |
great compromise | |
three-fifths compromise | |
federalism | |
federalists | |
the federalists papers | |
antifederalists | |
george mason |