Question | Answer |
Wilderness Road | Opened Kentucky to settlement. |
Land of Ordinance of 1785 | Western lands divided into townships. |
Northwest Territory | Land that would become Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and part of Minnesota. |
Northwest Ordinance | Pattern for orderly growth of U.S. |
Land Ordinance and Northwest Ordinance | Allowed America to expand and include new territories in orderly way. |
Articles of Confederation | 1.Created national government.
2.Could not levy (collect taxes) |
U.S. Constitution causes | 1.Shays' Rebellion.
2.Articles of Confederation weaknesses.
3.Desire for stronger national government. |
Philadelphia, PA | Where Constitutional Convention was held. |
Declaration of Indenpendence | When a Government fails to protect the rights of the citizens, people should be able to change it. |
Shays' Rebellion | Farmers in debt that fight in massachusetts. |
Great Compromise | Conflict resolved between Virginia Plan and New Jersey. |
Three Fifths (3/5) Compromise | How slaves would be counted for representation. |
Anti-Federalists | George Mason-against the constitution. |
James Madison | Father of Constitution, he helped write Virginia Plan and contributed to Federalists papers. |
Federalism | Power is shared between central government and the states. |
1787 | Year U.S. drafts new constitution. |
Bill of Rights | Men at Constitutional Convention refused to accept Constitution without it. |
Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan | Both have three branches of government. |
Quartering Act | Provide housing and supplies for British soldiers. |
Treaty of Paris of 1783 | Britain recognizes American colonies as free and have rights to lands east of Mississippi River. |