Ordinances, Laws and Plans
a law that included Thomas Jefferson's ideas granting religious freedom
What is the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom?
new national constitution which made the Confederation Congress the national government
What are the Articles of Confederation?
people who supported the constitution
Who were the federalists?
tariffs
What are taxes on imports and exports?
voting rights
What is suffrage?
a law that set up a system for surveying land and dividing the Northwest Territory
What is the Land Ordinance of 1785?
meeting held in Philadelphia to create a new constitution
What was the Constitutional Convention?
people who opposed the constitution
Who were the antifederalist?
trade between 2 or more states
What is interstate commerce?
the idea that political power belongs to the people
What is popular sovereignty?
a plan giving supreme power to the central government and creating a bicameral legislature made of 2 groups ( or houses) of representatives
What is the Virginia Plan?
Constitutional amendments that protect the rights of citizens
What are the Bill of Rights
a poor farmer and Revolutionary War veteran
Who was Daniel Shays?
a period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment
What is a depression?
only 3/5s of a state's slaves were counted when deciding representation in Congress
What was the Three Fifths Compromise?
a law that established the Northwest Territory and formed a political system for the region
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
set of basic principles & laws that states the powers and duties of the government
What is the constitution?
a leading convention delegate from Virginia
Who was James Madison?
increased prices combined with the reduced value of money
What is inflation?
a sharing of power between the central government and the states
What is federalism?
a plan creating a unicameral, or one house, legislature
What is the New Jersey Plan?
official approval of the Articles of Confederation by the states (March 1781)
What is ratification?
delegate who opposed the constitution
Who was George Mason?
an uprising in which Daniel Shays led hundreds of men in a forced shut down of the Supreme Court in Springfield, Massachusetts (protesting high taxes)
What was Shay's Rebellion?
an agreement that gave each state one vote in the upper house of the legislature and a number of representatives based on its population in the lower house.
What was the Great Compromise?