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Ch7 - The Critical Period and the Constitution Flashcards

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Land ordinance of 1785

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Divided northwest territory into townships

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John Dickinson

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Led committee that proposed articles of confederation

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Northwest territory

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Bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes

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Northwest ordinance

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Provided for gradual development of self-government in new territories

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Population needed to become a state

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60,000

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1786

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Shays’ Rebellion

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1785

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Mount Vernon convention

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Annapolis convention

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1786, held to discuss common problems of navigation and commerce

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Jonathan Dayton

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Youngest constitutional convention delegate

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1787

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Constitution drafted and signed

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Edmund Randolph

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Proposed virginia plan

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Virginia plan

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Bicameral legislature, population-based representation

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New Jersey plan

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Unicameral legislature with equal representation

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William Paterson

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Proposed New Jersey plan

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Connecticut compromise

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Upper house w/ equal representation

Lower house w/ population-based representation

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Tariff

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Fee on imported goods

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Commerce and slave trade compromise

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Congress couldn’t levy expiry tariffs and couldn’t regulate the space trade till 1808

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First state to ratify constitution

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Delaware

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Date first state ratified

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December 7, 1787

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1791

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Bill of rights added

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States where state religion was strictly enforced

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Massachusetts and Connecticut

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Isaac backus

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Baptist who led fight for religious freedom in Massachusetts

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John Leland

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Virginia baptist leader

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5 states that came from northwest territory

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Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana

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