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Chapter 8 Vocab KL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A trial that led from the colonies to Kentucky. | Wilderness Road |
| A government were the people choose representatives to govern them. | republic |
| The United States first form of national government that restricted the national governments power. | Articles of Confederation |
| A law passed by the government which divided the western land into townships. | Land Ordinance of 1785 |
| The western land in the Great Lakes area. | Northwest Territory |
| A law that described how the Northwest territory should be governed. | Northwest Ordinance |
| A uprising of farmers who rebelled against the government because they wouldn't pay off debt. | Shay's Rebellion |
| The meeting of 55 delegates to write the Constitution. | Constitutional Convention |
| One of the ablest delegates at the Convention. | James Madison |
| A plan of government that proposed a three branched government. | Virginia Plan |
| A plan of government with only one branch. | New Jersey Plan |
| A compromise that was used to fix the state representation problem | Great Compromise |
| A law that stated three-fifths of the slave population would counted when setting taxes. | Three-Fifths Compromise |
| A system of government where the power is shared between the central government and the states | Federalism |
| People who supported the Constitution. | Federalists |
| People who opposed the Constitution. | Antifederalists |
| Essays that answered antifederalist attacks. | The Federalist papers |
| A influential figure who opposed ratification of the Constitution. | George Mason |
| The United States first ten amendments. | Bill of Rights |