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Articles of Confederation

Terms in this set (14)

Depreciate
to fall in value
Depression
a period of low economic activity and widespread unemployment
Manumission
the freeing of some enslaved persons
Proportional
to be the same as or corresponding to
Compromise
agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants
Constitution
A formal plan of government
Bicameral
consisting of two houses, or chambers, especially in a legislature
Republic
a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives
Petition
a formal request
Ordinance
a law or regulation
what were the state constitutions?
-1776 C.C organized Gov. adopted state constitution
-end of 1776 8 states adopted it
-1777 New York & georgia joined
- 1780 all states constitution
-fearful of two much power with single ruler
how was power limited?
- they made their legislatures a bicameral branch
-state legislatures were elected by the people
- constitutions restricted power of gov. making leg. branch the moist powerful
-only males over 21 could vote;mainly white; had to own a certain amount of prop.
-struggled to make taxes fair
who was forming a new republic?
-they decided to make their country a republic
-they couldn't agree on how to organize the power
who's planning a new gov.?
-1776 S.C.C. decided a comitee to plan a new gov. needed a central gov.
-Nov. 1777 the A.C. were activated- this made the states give up only a little power
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