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Creating The Constitution
Chapter 5 in the holt 8th grade book
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8th Grade
10/20/2011

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Magna Carta
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A document signed by King John in 1215, made the king subject to law.
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When did Connecticut draw up the English colonies first constitution?
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1639
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Constitution
Definition
A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government.
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What is the oldest state constitution still in effect?
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Massachusetts constitution of 1780
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Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
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This document declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money.
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Suffrage
Definition
The right to vote.
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Which states were formed out of the northwest territory? and in what order?
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Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin
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Why was the second continental congress established?
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To create a national government.
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Who appointed the committee of thirteen?
Definition
The second continental congress.
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Articles of Confederation
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Congress would become the national government, but it would have limited powers in order to protect the liberties of the people.
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(True or False) The government did not have a president or national court system.
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True
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Ratification
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Official approval
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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Set up a system for surveying and dividing western lands.
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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The ordinance established the Northwest Territory, which included areas that are now in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
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(True or False) Slavery was aloud in the Northwest Territories.
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False
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Tariffs
Definition
Taxes on imports and exports
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Interstate Commerce
Definition
Trade between two or more states.
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Inflation
Definition
When more money is printed but prices continue to go up but the value of money goes down.
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Debtors
Definition
People who owe money.
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Creditors
Definition
People who loan money.
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Depression
Definition
Period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment.
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Shays's Rebellion
Definition
The uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt
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What was the positive outcome of Shays's Rebellion?
Definition
It brought people to start thinking about building a stronger central government.
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What problems did the U.S. experience with Spain and Great Britain?
Definition
Spain and Great Britain blocked some of the U.S. major trade routes.
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Constitutional Convention
Definition
In February 1787 the Confederation Congress invited each state to send delegates, The goal of the meeting was to improve the Articles of Confederation.
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Virginia Plan
Definition
New federal constitution that would give sovereignty, or supreme power, to the central government.
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New Jersey Plan
Definition
Called for a unicameral, or one-house, legislature. The plan gave each state an equal number of votes, thus an equal voice, in the federal government.
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Great Compromise
Definition
The agreement to have a two-house legislature.
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Three-Fifths Compromise
Definition
Under this agreement only three-fifths of a state's slave population would count when determining representation.
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Popular Sovereignty
Definition
The idea that political authority belongs to the people.
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Federalism
Definition
The sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country.
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Legislative Branch/Congress
Definition
Responsible for proposing and passing laws.
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Executive Branch
Definition
Contains the president and the departments that help run the government.
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Judicial Branch
Definition
Made up of all the national courts.
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checks and balances
Definition
Keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful.
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What was the debate between North and South over counting slave populations?
Definition
North wanted slaves to be taxed but the south wanted them to count for population.
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Antifederalists
Definition
People who opposed the constitution.
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Federalists
Definition
People who supported the constitution.
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Who led the federalists? Antifederalists?
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Alexander Hamilton/George Mason
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Federalist papers
Definition
Essays written by anonymous people supporting the Constitution.
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Amendments
Definition
Official changes to the constitution.
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Bill of Rights
Definition
10 of the proposed amendments intended to protect citizens’ rights.
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