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The Confederation and the Constitution
Chapter 9 Definitions
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History
11th Grade
09/14/2014

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Emancipation
Definition
Setting free from servitude or slavery.
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Townships
Definition
A surveyed territorry six miles square.
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Annex
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To make a smaller territorry.
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Anarchy
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The theory that formal government is unnecessary and wrong in the principle.
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Bill Of Rights
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A list of fundemental freedoms assumed to be central to society.
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Abolitionist
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An advocate of the end of slavery.
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Patrick Henery
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American attorney, Planter and politician. Henry led the opposition to the Stamp Act of 1765 and is remembered for his "Give me Liberty, or Give me Death" speech.

 

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Quorum
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The minimum number of persons who must be present in a group before it can conduct valid business.
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Bicameral,

Unicarmeral

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Refering to a legislative body with two houses, (Bicameral)or one(Unicameral).
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Daniel Shays
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An American Soldier, and Revolutionary. leader ot the famous "Shay's Rebellion". a populist uprising debt collection and tax policies in massachusetts.
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