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Chapter 2 Vocab Terms!

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Mercantilism   show
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Stamp Act Congress   show
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Committee of Correspondence   show
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First Continental Congress   show
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show Meeting that convened in Philadelphia on May 10th, 1775 at which it was decided that an army should be raised and George Washington of Virginia was named Commander in Chief  
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show Type of government where the national government derives its powers from the states; a league of independent states  
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Declaration of Independence   show
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Articles of Confederation   show
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show A 1786 rebellion in which an army of 1,500 disgruntled and angry farmers led by Daniel Shays marched to Springfield, Massachusetts, and forcibly restrained the state court from foreclosing mortgages on their farms.  
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Virginia Plan   show
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show A framework for the constitution proposed by a group of small states. Had one house legislature with one vote for each state, establishment of acts of congress as “supreme law”, and a judiciary with limited power.  
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show A decision made during the Constitutional Convention to give each state the same number of senators in the Senate and then representation from population in the House.  
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show Constitutional agreement making slaves 3/5th of a person when counting population  
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show Way of dividing power between 3 branches of government in which the House, Senate, the President, and the federal courts are selected by and responsible for different constituencies.  
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Checks and Balances   show
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Federal System   show
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show Favored a strong national government and supported Constitution. First Political Party.  
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show Favored strong state governments, opposed Constitution.  
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show A series of eighty five political papers written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison in support of ratification of the U.S Constitution.  
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