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Articles of Confederation
Daniel Shay's Rebellion
James Madison
Rebublic
the first constitution of the United States; limited national…
discontented farmers seized courthouses
Father of the Constitution
elected representatives; hold sovereign power
Articles of Confederation
the first constitution of the United States; limited national…
Daniel Shay's Rebellion
discontented farmers seized courthouses
IMPRESSMENT
FEDERALIST
ANTI-FEDERALIST
TARIFF
refers to the act of taking men into a navy by force and with…
a person's political belief of a strong central government
a person's political belief against a strong central government
a tax on imports or exports
IMPRESSMENT
refers to the act of taking men into a navy by force and with…
FEDERALIST
a person's political belief of a strong central government
Congress
Constitution
Democratic Republican
Executive branch
This is the term used to generally describe the Legislative Br…
This is the system by which the main institutions of a nations…
This early American political party was founded by Thomas Jeff…
This is the branch of government that is responsible for carry…
Congress
This is the term used to generally describe the Legislative Br…
Constitution
This is the system by which the main institutions of a nations…
Articles of Confederation
Nationalists
Shay's Rebellion
Great Compromise
Weak national government
Believed in a stronger national government
Convinced leaders there was a need for a stronger national gov…
Resolved problem of representation in the legislature
Articles of Confederation
Weak national government
Nationalists
Believed in a stronger national government
The written document that established t…
Articles of Confederation
States
military
Articles of Confederation
Under the what did authority for governance rested with the st…
What was represented in the Continental Congress where every s…
Like thirteen separate countries, states formed their own what?
The written document that established t…
Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation
Under the what did authority for governance rested with the st…
Constitution
Confederation
Articles of Confederation
Unanimous vote
document that sets out the laws and principles of a governmen
alliance of independent states.
first gov't of the U.S., only had 1 branch, weak, got rid of a…
everyone votes either yes or no.
Constitution
document that sets out the laws and principles of a governmen
Confederation
alliance of independent states.
Bill of Rights
Checks and Balances
Executive
Federalism
These are the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, ge…
This is the system of overlapping powers among judicial, execu…
This the branch of government that is responsible for carrying…
This system of government has powers divided between the centr…
Bill of Rights
These are the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, ge…
Checks and Balances
This is the system of overlapping powers among judicial, execu…
Articles of Confederation
Northwest Ordinance
Criticial Period
Shays' Rebellion
1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executiv…
Enacted in 1787, it is considered one of the most significant…
The adoption of the Articles of Confederation (1781 - 1789)
Rebellion led by Daniel Shays of farmers in western Massachuse…
Articles of Confederation
1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executiv…
Northwest Ordinance
Enacted in 1787, it is considered one of the most significant…
Direct Democracy
Republic
Elite Theory
Pluralist Theory
A form of government in which people represent... themselves by v…
A form of government in which citizens elect their leaders to…
An inequity in the spread of power among the populace in which…
The ideas and viewpoints in the US are so scattered and so var…
Direct Democracy
A form of government in which people represent... themselves by v…
Republic
A form of government in which citizens elect their leaders to…
Alexander Hamilton
American System
Bill Of Rights
Charles Pinckney
He was a "Founding Father" an author of the Federalist Papers,…
This was an economic plan devised by Henry Clay and John C. Ca…
This is the first ten amendments to the constitution, generall…
This South Carolinian was a signer of the Declaration of Indep…
Alexander Hamilton
He was a "Founding Father" an author of the Federalist Papers,…
American System
This was an economic plan devised by Henry Clay and John C. Ca…
Articles of confederation
Thomas Jefferson
suffrage
Ratification
the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which w…
Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father who was the p…
the right to vote in political elections.
the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, co…
Articles of confederation
the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which w…
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father who was the p…
John Adams
Sacajawea
John Jay
Pinckney
Vice president to Washington
Indian guide that helped Lewis and Clark
First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Treaty negotiator who gained the US rights to navigate the Mis…
John Adams
Vice president to Washington
Sacajawea
Indian guide that helped Lewis and Clark
amerced
amnesty
capitol
incorpora
Fined, forced to pay a fee
A general pardon for an offense against a government; in gener…
A building where a legislative body of a republic, state or co…
INTRODUCE SOMETHING INTO ANOTHER THING ALREADY IN EXISTENCE; C…
amerced
Fined, forced to pay a fee
amnesty
A general pardon for an offense against a government; in gener…
Articles of Confederation
Federalism
Northwest Land Ordinance 1787
Judicial Review
A single branch of national government with limited powers
They argued a stronger central government was needed to protec…
A system that divided territories to create new states in the…
The established principal that the Supreme Court decides wheth…
Articles of Confederation
A single branch of national government with limited powers
Federalism
They argued a stronger central government was needed to protec…
Absolute Monarchy
Constitutional Monarchy
Oligarchy
Theocracy
A government in which one person has power and has total contr…
A government in which one person has power but their power is…
A few wealthy people run the government
Religious leaders run the government
Absolute Monarchy
A government in which one person has power and has total contr…
Constitutional Monarchy
A government in which one person has power but their power is…
Articles of Confederation
Antifederalist
Bill of Rights
Constitutional Convention
a document, adopted by the Continental Congress in 1777 and fi…
a person who opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution
the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, added in 17…
a meeting held in 1787 to consider changes to the Articles of…
Articles of Confederation
a document, adopted by the Continental Congress in 1777 and fi…
Antifederalist
a person who opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution
monarchy
democracy
delagate
constitution
total rule by one person (king or queen)
a government in which the power is held by the people
a representative
a written plan for government that describes the principles an…
monarchy
total rule by one person (king or queen)
democracy
a government in which the power is held by the people
Articles of Confederation
Constitution
Great Compromise
Legislative Branch
A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutio…
A written plan of government
The agreement to create a two-house legislature
the branch of government having the power to make laws
Articles of Confederation
A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutio…
Constitution
A written plan of government
Articles of Confederation
Powers of Congress
Land Ordinance of 1785
Northwest Territory
First government of America, contained only a legislative bran…
Declare war, make treaties, manage Indian affairs, maintain ar…
Sections of land were auctioned off starting at $1 per acre, s…
Land was surveyed and divided into townships (six miles square…
Articles of Confederation
First government of America, contained only a legislative bran…
Powers of Congress
Declare war, make treaties, manage Indian affairs, maintain ar…
popular sovereignty
limited government
separation of powers
Checks & Balances
the power of the people to control their own government
A government whose power over citizens is restricted by law
the division of government power into separate parts or branch…
a system in which the different parts of an organization (such…
popular sovereignty
the power of the people to control their own government
limited government
A government whose power over citizens is restricted by law
Articles of Confederation
Shay's Rebellion
Constitutional Convention of 1787
James Madison
First Constitution, Very Weak, Gave states all power
Tax rebellion that showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Co…
Met to change the Articles of Confederation
Father of the Constitution
Articles of Confederation
First Constitution, Very Weak, Gave states all power
Shay's Rebellion
Tax rebellion that showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Co…
The continental congress provided the m…
Under the articles of confederation, au…
The states were represented in the cont…
Like thirteen separate countries, state…
Continental Congress
Articles of Confederation
The States
The thirteen countries
The continental congress provided the m…
Continental Congress
Under the articles of confederation, au…
Articles of Confederation
Alexander Hamilton
American System
Bill Of Rights
Charles Pinckney
a "founding father," an author of the Federalist Papers, the f…
an economic plan devised by Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun, st…
the first ten amendments to the constitution, generally direct…
This South Carolinian was a signer of the Declaration of Indep…
Alexander Hamilton
a "founding father," an author of the Federalist Papers, the f…
American System
an economic plan devised by Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun, st…