Chapter 9
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16 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Society of Cincinnati | Common people openly criticized the Cincinnati Society, a hereditary organization that included America's military elite and foreign officers; it smacked of aristocracy -- George Washington was a member |
| Republican Motherhood | women to raise their children to be good citizens of the republic |
| Civic virtue | notion that democracy depended on unselfish commitment to the public good |
| State constitutions | Written frameworks of state government that defined the people as sovereign |
| Articles of Confederation | the document that created the first central government for the United States |
| Land Ordinance 1785 | A law that divided much of the United States into a system of townships to facilitate the sale of land to settlers. |
| Northwest Ordinance 1787 | Created the Northwest Territory (area north of the Ohio River and west of Pennsylvania), established conditions for self-government and statehood, included a Bill of Rights, and permanently prohibited slavery |
| Shay's Rebellion | a 1786 revolt in Massachusetts led by farmers in reaction to high taxes |
| Annapolis Convention | meeting in 1786 to discuss constitutional reform |
| Viriginia Plan | bicameral; representation to Congress based on population; supported by Larger states |
| New Jersey Plan | The proposal at the Constitutional Convention that called for equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the state's population. |
| Great Compromise | the constitutional solution to congressional representation: equal votes in the Senate, votes by population in the House |
| Three-fifths Compromise | agreement at the constitutional Convention that 3/5 of the slaves in any state be counted in its population |
| The Federalist Number 10 | madison. gov based on will of the people but detached from narrow demands |
| Charles Beard | Famous historians from the 20th century - wrote that the founding fathers were driven by economic issues rather than political philosophies |
| Electoral College | the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice-president |
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