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ch 8 vocab ss
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A road the traveled westward over the Appalachian into Kentucky. | Wilderness Road |
| A gov. in which the people elect representatives to govern | republic |
| the first government of the United States | Articles of Confederation |
| Law that set up townships in the Western lands, which became known as the Northwest territory | Land Ordinance of 1785 |
| Land that formed the modern states of ohio, indiana, Michigan,illinois,wisconsin, and part of minnesota | Northwest Territory |
| law that organized the northwest territory | Northwest Ordinance |
| anti-tax protest by farmers | Shays Rebellion |
| Meeting in Philadelphia called to change the Articles of Confederation | Constitutional Convention |
| One of the leaders of the Constitutional Convention | James Madison |
| Plan that called for representation in the legislature to be based on states population or wealth | Virginia Plan |
| plan that called for each state to have equal representation in the legislature | New Jersey Plan |
| called for a 2 house legislature with the representation based on population in one house and equal representation in the other house | Great Compromise |
| called for counting three fifths of the slave population for representation and taxation | Three-fifths Compromise |
| a system of gov in which power is shared among the federal gov and states | federalism |
| people who supported ratification of the constitution | federalists |
| people who opposed ratification of the constitution | antifederalists |
| essays that explained and defended the constitution | the federalists papers |
| influential virginian who opposed ratification of the constitution | george mason |
| set of amendments to the constitution passed to protect individual rights | Bill of Rights |