Vocab Words
This word describes a government in which the citizens rule through elected representatives.
What is a republic?
This document drafted by the Continental Congress became the nation's first constitution in 1777.
What are The Articles of Confederation?
Often confused for a mental health disorder by the same name, this term describes a period when economic activity slows down and unemployment increases
What is a depression?
This 1787 meeting originally called by Alexander Hamilton in 1786, brought 55 delegates together to discuss trade issues and make the Constitution adequate to the needs of the Union.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
This term is another word for Law. Two of these were passed in 1785 and 1787 .
What is an ordinance?
This event refers to an infamous uprising in which 1,200 men stormed Springfield, MA to stop judges from legally taking farmer's lands.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
This term describes the freeing of individual enslaved people.
What is manumission?
This 1787 settlement allowed states to count enslaved people as 6/10s of a white person when determining a state's population for taxation and representation in Congress.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This term describes a settlement where both parties give up demands to end the dispute
What is a compromise?
This plan aimed to give Congress the power to set taxes, regulate trade and elect an executive branch, argued for a more powerful government than existed under the Articles of Confederation.
What is the New Jersey Plan?