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A group of states or nations where the states retain much independence and give only a few powers to the central authority
Confederation
A person sent or authorized to represent others such as an elected official
Delegate
The document that created the first government established after the colonies declared independence from Great Britain
Articles of Confederation
An outbreak against authority that is an open, hard-fought resistance that is often unsuccessful
Rebellion
A particular attitude or way of regarding or seeing something
Perspective
The exchange of goods and services on a large scale
Trade or Commerce
The act of conducting negotiations between two or more states, usually countries
Diplomacy
A plan of action adopted by one nation in regards to its diplomatic dealings with other countries
Foreign Policy
Legislation, law or authoritative order
Ordinance
Concerning or relating to what is right and wrong in human behavior; ethics
Morals
A political division of a county which has some self-governing powers
Township
Everlasting, permanent, endless
Perpetual
A payment, fee, or profit from employment or office
Emolument
To have examined and recorded an area and features of land to construct a map or plan
Surveyed
An inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives that encourages one towards the right action
Conscience
Fundamental rules government the conduct of an organization or nation state and establishing its structure and values
Constitution
The use of additional sources to determine the extent to which they support each other
Corroborating
Lands west of the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi that some states had claimed before, during and after the Revolutionary War
Western Land Claims
The quality of people who have too much pride in their own appearance, abilities, achievements, etc.
Vanity
Placing an idea, statement or event into the environment in which it was created (time and/or place)
Historical Context
The meeting where leaders addressed the problems of the Articles of Confederation by creating the United States Constitution with more specific powers
Constitutional Convention of 1787 OR Philadelphia Convention of 1787
An armed uprising in Massachusetts in 1786-87 led by Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays against perceived economic and civil rights injustices
Shays' Rebellion
An act under the Articles of Confederation that set up a standardized system for sale of lands in the Northwest Territory
Land Ordinance of 1785
An act of the Confederation Congress that created a system for admitting new states in the western territory
Northwest Ordinance
It is the right or duty of the people of a nation to overthrow a government that acts against their natural
rights
Right of Revolution or Right of Rebellion