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Vocabulary
The Articles of Confederation
Challenges
Creating the Constitution
Ratifying the Constitution
100
official approval
What is ratification?
100
a document signed by King John in 1215, made the king subject to law
What is the Magna Carta?
100
imposed high tariffs on trade
Who is Great Britian?
100
Group of representatives met in May 1787
What is the Continental Convention?
100
became an Antifederalist because of the lack of individual rights in the constitution
Who is George Mason?
200
taxes on imports or exports
What is tariffs?
200
settle conflict between states, make coins, borrow money, make treaties, ask states for money and soldiers
What are the powers the Congress had under the Articles of Confederation?
200
closed the lower Mississippi River to U.S. shipping
Who is Spain?
200
Gave more power to national government, bicameral legislature, number of reps based on population
What is the Virginia Plan?
200
supporters of the constitution
Who are James Madison, George Washington, and Benjamin Franklin?
300
trade between two or more states
What is interstate commerce?
300
Set up a system for surveying and dividing western lands
What is the Land Ordinance of 1785?
300
Economic problems such as unequal trade and inflation
What is the impact of closed trade markets?
300
Gave more power to the state governments, unicameral legislature, number of reps equal
What is the New Jersey Plan?
300
Antifederalists
Who are Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry?
400
The uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt
What is Shay's Rebellion?
400
provided the framework for a national government
What are the Articles of Confederation?
400
the result of the loss of trade with Britain and inflation
What was the Great Depression?
400
responsible for proposing and passing laws
What is the legislative branch?
400
essays written anonymously in support of the constitution
What are federalist papers?
500
The agreement to create a two-house legislature
What is the Great Compromise?
500
leader of Shays's Rebellion
Who is Daniel Shays?
500
the sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country
What is federalism?
500
10 amendments to the constitution to address the lack of individual rights
What is the Bill of Rights?