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Chapters 9-11 Notes
AP US History Test
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History
11th Grade
09/03/2008

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legally established
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tax supported
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Continental Congress of 1774
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called for the abolition of slavery
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Philadelphia Quakers
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(1775) founded the world's first antislavery society
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New Jersey's constitution
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(1776) allowed women to vote (for a time)
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republican motherhood
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elevated women to higher statuses as keepers of the nation's conscience; women raised the children and thereby held the future of the republic in their hands
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Continental Congress of 1776
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called upon colonies to draft new constitutions (thus began the Articles of Confederation)
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Massachusetts' constitution
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called a special convention to draft its constitution and made it so that the constitution could only be changed through another specially called constitutional convention
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Many states had written documents that represented a __ law
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fundamental
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All states deliberately ______ because of their bad experiences with Britain
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created weak executive and judicial branches since they distrusted power due to Britain's abuse of it
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After the Revolution, __ land ...
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Loyalist land was seized
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Prior to war, Americans had great trade with __
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Britain
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The Articles of Confederation was finished in ___, but it was finally completely ratified by the last state, __ on ___.
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1777; Maryland; March 1, 1781
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The Articles had no __ branch
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executive
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Congress was weak because ____
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each state only had one vote, it required 2/3 majority on any subject of importance, and a fully unanimous vote for amendments
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Congress could not ___
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regulate commerce or enforce tax collection
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What could Congress do?
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It could call up soldiers from the states, which weren't going to help each other
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Answer to the question "How will the new lands in the Ohio Valley be divided up?"
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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The vast area (of the Ohio Valley) would be surveyed before settlement and then divided into _____
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townships
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Townships were __ miles square and divided into __ square sections (_ mile(s) square) with one set aside for public schools (section #__)
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6; 36; 1; 16
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Answered the question, "How will new states be made once people move out there?"
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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When a territory had ___ inhabitants, they wrote a state constitution and sent it to __ for approval. If approved, ___.
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60,000; Congress; it's a new state
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Spain closed the Mississippi River to American commerce
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1784
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Pirates of the North African states, including the arrogant __ __ ___ ravaged US ships in the area and enslaved Yankee sailors
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Dey of Algiers
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Shays' Rebellion flared up in Massachusetts in ___.
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1786
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Shays' was disgruntled over getting _____ _____.
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farmland mortgages
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What was the importance of Shays' Rebellion?
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The fear of such violence lived on and paranoia motivated people to desire a stronger federal government
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first convention called to address the Articles' inability to regulate commerce was at _____, __ and only _ states showed up
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Annapolis, Maryland; 5
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55 delegates from 12 states met in Philadelphia to "revise the Articles only"
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May 25, 1787
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called for Congressional representation based on state population
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Virginia's large state plan
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called for equal representation from all states (2 representatives for each state)
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New Jersey's Small State Plan
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Great Compromise
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worked out so that Congress would have 2 houses: the House of Representatives and the Senate
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house with representation based on population
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House of Representatives
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house where each state got two representatives
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Senate
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Three-Fifths Compromise
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a slave counted as three-fifths of a person in census counts for representation
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Also, the Constitution enabled a state to shut off slave importation if it wanted after ___
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1807
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How long did federal chief justices serve?
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Life
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Senators were elected by
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state legistlators
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By the end of the Convention, on ___ only 42 of the original 55 were still there to sign the Constitution
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September 17, 1787
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favored the proposed stronger government
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Federalists
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opposed to the Constitution
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antifederalists
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mostly the poor farmers, the illiterate, and states rights devotees
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antifederalists
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more respectable and generally embraced the cultured and propertied groups, and many were former Loyalists
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Federalists
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first large state to ratify the Constitution
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Pennsylvania
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"Engineer of Revolution"
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Samuel Adams
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