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| Declaration of Independance[image] |
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| A document declaring independence from England |
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| fail to fulfill or undertake a responsibility |
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Second Continental Congress
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| a convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies |
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| the place that George Washington's army stayed at one winter and came out way more prepared and improved |
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| A legislature with two houses |
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| power is help by the people and their elected officials |
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Articles of Confederation
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| The original constitution of the United states |
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Northwest Ordinance
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| an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States passed July 13, 1787 |
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| followers of this rebellion protested the foreclosures of farms due to debt and briefly succeeded in shutting down the court system |
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Constitutional Convention
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| the drafting of the constitution that only 12 of the 13 delegates showed up to |
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| a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch |
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| a proposal for the structure of the United States Government |
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| an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention |
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| the process for states to count slaves as part of the population in order to determine representation and taxation for the federal government |
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| a long and severe recession in an economy or market |
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| release from slavery or to set free |
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| diminish in value over a period of time |
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