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| a government in which citizens rule through their elected representatives |
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| the idea that governments should be based on the consent of the people |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| in which two levels of government shared fundamental powers. State governments were supreme in some matters, while the national government was supreme in other matters. |
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| established a plan for surveying the western lands |
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| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
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| congress provided a procedure for dividing the land into territories |
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| farmers' protest caused panic and dismay throughout the nation |
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| known as the father of the constitution |
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| Created the "Great Compromise" |
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| offered a two-house congress to satisfy both small and large states |
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| called for three-fifths of a state's slaves to be counted as population |
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| divided power between the national government and the state governments |
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| prevent one branch from dominating the others |
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| cast ballots for the candidates |
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| Strong Central Government |
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| a series of 85 essays defending the constitution |
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| secretary of the treasury |
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| President's chief advisors |
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| an import tax on goods from europe |
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| French diplomat sent to America to recruit American soldiers |
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| got all the land west of the Appalachian mountains and shipping rights on the Mississippi river |
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| placing the interest of one region over those of the nation as a whole |
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| provoked a wave of anti-french feeling in America |
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| states had the right to nullify or void any act of congress that they deemed unconstitutional |
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| Lewis, Clark, and Sacajawea |
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| British were taking American ships and forcing Americans to fight in the British army |
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