Chapter 8 vocabulary
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Wilderness road | A road that traveled westward over the appalachian mountains into Kentucky. |
| Republic | A government in which the people elect representatives to govern. |
| Articles of confederation | The first government of the united states. |
| Land ordinance of 1785 | Law that set up townships in the western lands, which became known as the northwestern territory. |
| Northwest ordinance | Law that organized the northwestern territory. |
| Northwest territory | Land that formed the modern states of Ohio,Indiana,Michigan,Illinois,wisconsion,and part of Minnesota. |
| Shays rebellion | Anti-tax protest by farmers. |
| Constitutional convention | Meeting in Philadelphia called to change the articles of confederation. |
| James Madison | One of the leaders of the consitutional convention. |
| Virginia plan | Plan that called for representation in the legislature to be based on states population or wealth. |
| New jersey plan | Plan that called for each state to have equal representation in the legislature. |
| Great compromise | Called for a 2 house legislature with representation based on population in one house and equal representation in the other house. |
| Three-fifths compromise | Called for counting three-fifths of the slave population for representation and taxation |
| Federalism | A system of government in which power is shared among the federal government and the states. |
| Federalists | People who supported ratification of the constitution. |
| Antifederalists | People who opposed ratification of the constitution. |
| The federalist papers | Essay that explained and defended the constitution. |
| George mason | Influential virginian who opposed ratification of the constitution. |
| Bill of rights | Set of amendments to the constitution passed to protect individual rights. |
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