| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Land Act of 1785 | helped to establish new towns by establishing surveying techniques for the wilderness and fair ways to distribute land |
| Northwest Ordinance | Enacted in 1787, it is considered one of the most significant achievements of the Articles of Confederation. It established a system for setting up governments in the western territories so they could eventually join the Union on an equal footing with the original 13 states |
| Confederation | An alliance of independent states in which most authority is retained at the local or state level and very little is given to a central power |
| Articles of Confederation | this document, the nations first constitution, was adopted by the second continental congress in 1781during the revolution. the document was limited because states held most of the power, and congress lacked the power to tax, regulate trade, or control coinage |
| unitary | characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority |
| federal | characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities |
| Constitutional Convention | meeting of delegates in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation, which produced the new U.S. Constitution |
| Albany Plan of Union | plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes; the plan was turned down by the colonies and the Crown |
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