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official approval among the states.
What is ratification?
This man led an uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt.
Who is Daniel Shays?
man from Virginia who had good ideas about the government.
who was James Madison?
People who opposed the constitution.
Wrote the federalist papers.
who is Alexander Hamilton?
In 1639 the people of Connecticut wrote the nations first _________.
Who wrote the first written constitution in the colonies?
Shays rebellion pointed out weaknesses in this.
What is the Articles of confederation?
2 groups of representatives would be selected on the basis of each states population.
what was the Virginia plan?
Essays supporting the constitution.
What are the federalists papers?
A system of all the national courts, branch of government.
what is the judicial branch?
The Americans took inspiration from this English document.
What is the Magna Carta?
What are tariffs?
Agreed to count slaves as ___ of a person and agreed to end slave trade in 20 years
what is the 3/5 compromise?
the rights would then become ______ to the constitution.
what are amendments?
Taxes on imports and exports
what are tariffs?
When the population of a territory hit 60,000, its settlers could draft their own constitution.
When could a state join the Union?
The Confederation Congress had no power to regulate this.
What is interstate commerce?
The sharing of power between a central government and the states.
what is federalism?
The most known anti federalist.
who was George Mason?
An English document signed by King john in 1215
what is the Magna Carta?
a law that included Thomas Jefferson’s ideas granting religious freedom
What is the Virginia statue of religious freedom?
occurs when increased prices for goods and service combine with the reduced value of money.
what is inflation?
A system that keeps any branch of government from getting too powerful.
what are checks and balances?
The constitution went into effect in June of 1788 after this state became the ninth to ratify it.
what is New Hampshire?
A plan creating a unicameral, or one-house, legislature
what was the New Jersey plan?