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| Federalist governer who helped write and distribute the Federalist Papers, and convert the Anti-Federalists to Federalists. |
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| Federalist that wrote most of the Federalist papers and was the first US Secretary of Treasures |
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| One of the main advocates for federalism and republicanism that helped create the Federalist Papers |
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| Shays became outraged because of the taxes applied on the small farmers. He started a rebellion called Shays Rebellion. |
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| Believed that the federal government should have more power over the state governments and wanted to make changes to the Articles of Confederation. |
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| Believed the Articles of Confederation were a good form of government and that states should have more power than the federal government |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| First constitution of the US that ultimatley failed because it gave the states too much power, and the federal government not enough power |
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| Idea of governing a nation where the people have a say in how the federal government operates |
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| section of state constitutions in which each individual is promised certain rights |
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| the political franchise in which citizens exercise their right to vote |
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| Different states slowly began to add emancipations to their state constitutions |
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| prohibited slave owners from willingly freeing their slaves |
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| Territory to the Northwest of the Ohio River that was added to the union in 1803 |
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| US government bought the land in the Northwest territory and began to colonize it |
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| Constitutional Convention |
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| delegates met in Philadelphia to discuss problems with the Articles of Confederation |
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| Virginia delegates proposed that state representation should be based on population of that state |
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| New Jersey delegates proposed that state representation should be equal between all states |
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| the resolution to the conflict of state representation. Combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plans and provided a new system of state representation. |
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| resolution to the conflict concerning slave representation that concluded 3/5 of the slave vote would be counted towards the overall vote |
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| Articles and essays that advocated the ratification of the US Constitution |
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| clause of the US Constitution that states that federal congress has legislative power over all the states |
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| power is divided between the 3 branches of government to even out federal power |
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| Model for governance of federal and democratic states in which power is seperated between different branches of government to even out power |
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| delegates from the states unanimously agree to ratify the Articles of Confederation into what later becomes the US Constitution where there is more federal than state power |
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