SS.7.C.1.5 VOCAB

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Articles of Confederation

the first constitution of the United States

a system of government where power is located with the independent states and there is little power in the central government; a confederation is also known as a confederal system

Constitutional Convention

a meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 where delegates decided to throw out the Articles of Confederation and draft the Constitution

Shays's Rebellion

an event when 2,000 Massachusetts farmers rebelled against land foreclosures and debt from the Revolutionary War

money charged by a government for specific facilities or services

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