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What was the document signed by King John in 1215 that made the king subject to the law?
Magna Carta
What was the document that declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money?
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
What did Congress pass to form a political system for the Northwest territory? This established the Northwest Territory, which included areas that are now in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. It also created a system for bringing new states into the Union.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Who wrote about the closing of markets in the British West Indies and wrote “The Revolution has robbed us of our trade with the West Indies . . . without opening any other channels to compensate [make up for] it. In every point of view, indeed, the trade of this country is in a deplorable [terrible] condition.”?
James Madison
What is a period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment?
Depression
What was the document passed in 1689, declared the supremacy of Parliament and kept the king or queen from changing laws without Parliament’s consent?
The English Bill of rights
What is the right to vote?
Suffrage
What are the areas that are now in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin called?
Northwest Territory
Because states worked only to increase their own trade rather than working to improve the trade situation for the whole country, what did a British magazine call the new nation in 1785?
Dis-United States
Which state refused to print worthless paper money and instead tried to pay its war debts by collecting taxes on land?
Massachusetts
What was the philosophical movement that emphasized the use of reason to examine old ideas and traditions and influenced many Americans' ideas of government?
Enlightenment
Under this document, Congress would become the single branch of the national government, but it would have limited powers in order to protect the liberties of the people. The Second Continental Congress passed the document on November 15, 1777.
Articles of Confederation
How large did a population of a territory have to be so settlers could draft their own constitution and ask to join the Union?
60,000
What is trade between two or more states?
Interstate Commerce
Who was the poor farmer and Revolutionary War veteran that led hundreds of men in a forced shutdown of the Supreme Court in Springfield, Massachusetts? The state government ordered the farmers to stop the revolt under threat of capture and death. These threats only made the rebellion more determined.
Daniel Shays
Who was the philosopher that believed that a social contract existed between political rulers and the people they ruled?
John Locke
What was the branch of national government that could settle conflicts among the states, issue coins, borrow money, and make treaties with other countries and with Native Americans? This branch could also ask the states for money and soldiers. However, the states had the power to refuse these requests.
Congress
Before the Revolutionary War, colonial ships had traded a great deal with the British West Indies and stopped there on their way to other destinations. When did this travel and trading stop?
1783
The money printed by the states to ease financial hardship had little to no real value because states did not have what?
Gold or Silver
In August 1786, farmers in three western counties began a revolt. Bands of angry citizens closed down courts in western Massachusetts. Their reasoning was simple—with the courts shut down, no one’s property could be taken. What did the uprising of farmers protesting high taxes and heavy debt became known as?
Shays’s Rebellion
Who argued that the only way to achieve liberty was through the separation of governmental powers?
Baron de Montesquieu
What is the official approval given by state legislatures?
Ratification
What are taxes on imports or exports?
Tariffs
What occurs when there are increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money?
Inflation
In September 1786, where in Maryland did a national conference called by the Virginia legislature to discuss economic problems and ways to change the Articles of Confederation?
Annapolis
What is a set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government?
Constitution
What set up a system for surveying and dividing western lands? The land was split into townships, which were 36 square miles divided into 36 lots of 640 acres each. One lot was reserved for a public school, and four lots were given to veterans. The remaining lots were sold to the public.
Land Ordinance of 1785
In 1784, what did Spanish officials close to U.S. shipping?
Mississippi River
What state's state legislature printed large amounts of paper money that were worth very little? As a result creditors fled the state to avoid being paid back with worthless money.
Rhode Island
Because of the poor attendance at the Annapolis Convention, where did the participants, including James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, call on all 13 states to send delegates to a Constitutional Convention in May 1787? They planned to revise the Articles of Confederation to better meet the needs of the nation. The failure of the Articles of Confederation led to the creation of the Constitution and began the period of the early republic.
Philadelphia