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| Early (1787) rebellion by farmers against which President George Washington used federal power and troops |
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| Territory comprised of the following states: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. |
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| Treaty that ended the Revolutionary War |
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| Land Ordinances, 1784, 1785 |
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| Laws that provided for the surveying and selling of what were then America's western lands |
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| Laws passed by Congress in 1785 and 1787 organizing the Northwest Territory for settlement and statehood |
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| proportional represenation |
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| the number of a state's representatives would depend on the state's population |
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| Great Compromise/Connecticut Compromise |
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| Constitutional compromise dividing the Congress into two houses: the Senate with equal representation and the House with proportional representation |
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| compromise that stated that for purposes of representation, five slaves equaled three free people. This compromise was used to determine a state's population. |
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| Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise |
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| Constitutional compromise that permitted Congress to regulate trade and allowed the slave trade to continue at least another twenty years |
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| first ten amendments of the Constitution, emphasizing individual liberties |
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| body that elects the president and vice president of the United States |
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