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Chapt 8 History:)
Question | Answer |
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Lord Ordinance Of 1785 | Surveys of the land |
Natural Rights | Basic rights |
Sufferage | Voting rights |
Republic | People who hold the power to elect |
Articles of Confederation | Central government with limited power |
Northwest Territory | IL,In,MI,OH and WI |
Enlightment Ideas | The Good in people |
Debtor | People who owe money |
Creditors | People who lend money |
Tariffs | Tax on Imports and Exports |
Interstate Commerce | Trading within the state |
Shay's Rebelion | Farmers who faught to shut down courts |
Depression | Low economic activity |
Spanish Officials | Shut down the mississppi river |
Constitutional Convection | Philidelphia meeting to fix the constitution |
Virgina Plan | Judicial, Executive, Legislative |
New Jersey Plan | every state has the same number of representatives |
Not Allowed | Slaves, African Americans, American Indians, Women |
Constitution | Set of ideas and beliefs that determine the powers and duties of the government |
Federalism | Distrubition of government power |
3/5 Compromise | 3/5 of slaves in a state count as population |
The Great Compromise | Agreement of constitutional convection |
Slave Trade | The constitution omitted "slave" incerted "free people" and "all others" |
John Adams | Ambassador for Great Britian |
Thomas Jefferson | Ambassador for France |
Checks & Balances | System to preevent over power |
Legistaltive | Proposes bills and passes them into laws |
Executive | President and administrative |
Judicial | National courts that interprets the laws, punishes criminals, and settles disputes between states. |