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The central/federal government was established in this year.
1776
What year was the Northwest Ordinance past?
1787
Congress passed the Land Act in this year.
1800
This group of people were hit hardest as a result of the Land Act and how?
American Farmers
They were unable to sell their goods, couldn't pay their taxes
Lost their farms and were put in jail
settlement of a dispute that is reached by each party giving up some demands
Compromise
The central government was created by The.....
Second Continental Congress
This was created as a result
a single Northwest Territory
The Land Act did this for people.
It made it easier for people to buy land.
They could pay for their land over time.
This farmer led a revolt in January 1787, what happened?
Daniel Shays
4 farmers were killed
a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives
Republic
This was adopted in 1777 and was called....
The Aritcles of Confederation
A territory needed this many residents before it could seek statehood.
60,000
What were the problems with the Land Act
Paper money didn't hold it's value
Couldn't pay back war debts
Couldn't pay soldiers for their service
This was founded in Pennsylvania in 1774. Who founded it?
The 1st antislavery society
The Quakers
having two separate lawmaking chambers
Bicameral
The central government would only have the right to....(name 3 out of the 5)
1) wage war
2)borrow money
3) create a military
4) issue $
5) deal with foreign affairs
The Northwest Territory was divided into this many smaller territories.
3-5 smaller territories
Britain continued to cause problems by doing this
having their troops in the Great Lakes Region
The purpose of The Constitutional Convention
The Articles of Confederation were not working
They wanted the national government to be strong
the freeing of individual enslaved people
Manumission
What problems did the AOC have and why?
It was too weak.
Each state would have only one vote.
it was hard for Congress to pass any laws.
What did The Northwest Ordinance have to protect settlers, and how did it protect them?
Bill of Rights, it protected settled land with the ordinance.
Spain caused trouble be doing this...
What did they do?
How did they do it?
Closed the lower half of the Mississippi River
Americans couldn't ship goods down the river
Describe Virginia Plan
Delegates at the convention had many ideas about how to create a stronger national government.