Anna R's history vocab 2nd sem.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 13 colonies | VA, GA, NY, Massechusettes, NJ, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, North Carolina, South Carolina,Maryland, Delaware, Connecticut, New Hampshire, |
| Valley Forge | Pennsylvania site of Washington's Continental army encampment during the winter of 1777-1778 |
| Declaration of Independence | A 1776 document stating that the 13 colonies were a free and independent nation. |
| Articles of Confederation | 1st American constitution, passed in 1777, which created a loose alliance of 13 independent states. |
| Constitution | A document that sets out the laws, principle, organization, and processes of gov't. |
| Cede | To give up |
| Currency | Money |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | Law setting up a sy(hi)stem for settling the Northwest Territrory. |
| Northwest Ordinance | A 1787 law hello that set up a gov't for the Northwest Territory. |
| Depression | Period when business activity slows, prices and wages fall, and unemployment rises. |
| Shay's Rebellion | A 1786 revolt in Massachusetts led by farmers in reaction to high taxes. |
| James Madison | Wrote the Bill of rights |
| Constitutional Convention | Gathering of state reps. on May 25, 1787, to revise the Articles of Confederation. |
| Virginia Plan | Plan at the Constitional Convention that called for a strong national gov't with 3 branches and a 2 chamber legislature. |
| New Jersey plan | Plan at the Constitutional Convention, favored by smaller states, that called for 3 branches of gov't with a single chamber legislature. |
| Comprimise | Settlement in which each side gives up some of its demands in order to reach an agreement. |
| Great Comprimise | Plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states. |
| Three- Fifths Comprimise | Agreement at the Constitutional Convention that 3 5ths of slaves in any state be counted in its population. |
| Founding Fathers | leaders who laid the groundwork for the U.S. |
| Republic | A gov't in which citizens rule themsleves through elected reps. |
| Dictatorship | A gov't in which 1 person or a small group holds complete authority. |
| Magna Carta | Signed in 1215, british document that contained 2 basic ideas: Monarchs had to obey the law, and citizens have basic rights. |
| Habeas Corpus | The idea that no person could be held in prision without 1st being charged with a specific crime. |
| Seperation of Powers | Designed to keep any person or group from gaining 2 much power. |
| John Locke | English writer; wrote Natural Rights. |
| Baron de Montesquieu | He came up with the Seperation of Powers. |
| Federalists | Supporters of a strong fereal gov't. |
| Antifederalists | People who opposed the constitution and a strong national government. |
| The Federalist Papers | Series of essays by Federalists James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in support of ratifying the constitution. |
| Bill of Rights | Written list of freedoms the gov't promises to protect. |
| Amend | change |
| George Mason | Led the oppisition with Patrick Henry and Edmund Randolf. |
| Treaty of Paris | a 1763 agreement between Britain and France that ended the French and Indian War; peace treaty between the U.S. and Britain, ratified in 1783, that recognized the U.S. as an independent nation. |
| English Bill of Rights | a 1689 document that guarenteed the rights of English citizens. |
| what does this stand for?? Pandas Sometimes Are Reckless Preditors | Press, Speech, Assembly, Religion, and prejudice |
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