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Articles of ConfederationFirst Constitution of the U. S. 1781
confederationpolitical organization where states join together for a specific reason
delegatesomeone to represent your interest
Northwest Ordinance of 1787law for setteling and adding new states
ordinancean order or a law
Shays' Rebellion1000 angry farmers closed the courts of Massachusetts in 1786
Framersdelegates to the Philadelphia Convention of 1787
Philadelphia Conventionmeeting held at which the U. S. Constitution was written
Great Compromiseplan that said congress would have 2 houses, Senate and House of Representatives
House of Representativeshouse of Congress where the number of representatives is based on population
Senatehouse of Congress where each state has two representatives
abolishto put an end to
Civil Warthe war between the Northern and Southern states 1861-1865
slave tradethe business of taking people from their homes in Africa and selling them in the colonies
three-fifths clausethe Framers compromised about slavery so that they counted each slave as three-fifths of a person to see how many representatives a state would have in Congress

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Creator dhicks
Created October 9, 2008
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Subject social studies
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