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| A document signed by King John in 1215, made the king subject to law. |
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| When did Connecticut draw up the English colonies first constitution? |
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| A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government. |
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| What is the oldest state constitution still in effect? |
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| Massachusetts constitution of 1780 |
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| Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom |
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| This document declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money. |
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| Which states were formed out of the northwest territory? and in what order? |
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| Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin |
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| Why was the second continental congress established? |
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| To create a national government. |
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| Who appointed the committee of thirteen? |
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| The second continental congress. |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| Congress would become the national government, but it would have limited powers in order to protect the liberties of the people. |
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| (True or False) The government did not have a president or national court system. |
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| Set up a system for surveying and dividing western lands. |
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| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
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| The ordinance established the Northwest Territory, which included areas that are now in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. |
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| (True or False) Slavery was aloud in the Northwest Territories. |
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| Taxes on imports and exports |
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| Trade between two or more states. |
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| When more money is printed but prices continue to go up but the value of money goes down. |
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| Period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment. |
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| The uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt |
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| What was the positive outcome of Shays's Rebellion? |
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| It brought people to start thinking about building a stronger central government. |
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| What problems did the U.S. experience with Spain and Great Britain? |
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| Spain and Great Britain blocked some of the U.S. major trade routes. |
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| Constitutional Convention |
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| In February 1787 the Confederation Congress invited each state to send delegates, The goal of the meeting was to improve the Articles of Confederation. |
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| New federal constitution that would give sovereignty, or supreme power, to the central government. |
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| Called for a unicameral, or one-house, legislature. The plan gave each state an equal number of votes, thus an equal voice, in the federal government. |
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| The agreement to have a two-house legislature. |
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| Under this agreement only three-fifths of a state's slave population would count when determining representation. |
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| The idea that political authority belongs to the people. |
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| The sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country. |
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| Legislative Branch/Congress |
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| Responsible for proposing and passing laws. |
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| Contains the president and the departments that help run the government. |
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| Made up of all the national courts. |
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| Keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful. |
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| What was the debate between North and South over counting slave populations? |
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| North wanted slaves to be taxed but the south wanted them to count for population. |
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| People who opposed the constitution. |
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| People who supported the constitution. |
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| Who led the federalists? Antifederalists? |
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| Alexander Hamilton/George Mason |
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| Essays written by anonymous people supporting the Constitution. |
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| Official changes to the constitution. |
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| 10 of the proposed amendments intended to protect citizens’ rights. |
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