| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Appalachian Mountains | even with weaknesses of the articles they had accomplished of winning land from west of the |
| Northwest Territory | the vast territory of land that included present-day Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin; was politically organized by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and is located north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi |
| Robert Morris | A Philadelphia merchant who pledged large amounts of money for the war effort |
| John Jay | noted that americans accepted the idea that it was their right to use the mississippi river to transport goods |
| Popular Sovereignty | government by consent of the governed and equal justice under law (as one) |
| bicameral | composed of two legislative bodies |
| confederation | An alliance of independent states |
| sovereignty | Supreme Power |
| ratify | approve |
| ordinance | law that established a procedure for surveying and selling the western lands |
| right of deposit | Permission to put goods ashore for transfer to ocean going ships |
| manumission | freeing of individual slaves |
| Constitution | each state replaced the old colonial charter with this |
| Legislature | persons who make or amend or repeal laws |
| Articles of Confederation | Americas 1st Constitution |
| debt | was what the country was in after war |
| Ordinance of 1785 | divided western lands into units called townships |
| The Congress | The articles set this one-house legislature that had the power to conduct foreign affairs, maintain armed forces, borrow money, and issue currency |
| Bill of rights | guaranteeing certain freedoms and legal protections |
| Weaknesses Of the Articles | congress had no power to tax, congress had no power to enforce laws, there was no executive branch, 9 out 0f 13 states had to approve of the law before being passed, congress could not enforce the states to meet military quotas, could not regulate trading, also there was a unanimous vote of the 13 states |
| Problems caused by the weaknesses | the central government was always short of money, COngress depended on the states to enforce laws, which they rarley did, cordinating the work of the national government was almost impossible, most laws were difficult, almost impossible to enact, congress could not draft soldiers to form a standing army |
| Daniel Shays | Former continental army captian, led rebellion of 1000 farmers, didn't want govt. to take farmers landand tried to take weapons from federal arsenal but failed |
| James Madison | known as the "father of the constitution" and supporter of strong national govt. and virgina planter |
| Depression | Period of slowed economic activity, increased unenployment |
| Powers of the Congress | conduct foriegn affairs, maintain armed forces, borrow money, and issue currency |
| Government | each new states set up there own form of this |
| Probelms with Spain | spain had closed the lower part of the Mississippi river so the americans would stop shipping goods |
| British | They were keeping the Americans out of the West Indies and other markets |
| Govenor | The cheif executive of state who carried out the laws |
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