Chapter 5- A New Nation Flashcards
Magna Carta
A document signed by king john in 1215, made the king subject to law
Constitution
A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government
Virginia statue for religious freedom
Stated that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money
Suffrage
Or the right to vote
Articles of confederation
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
Ratification
Official approval
Land Ordinance of 1785
Set up a system for surveying and dividing western lands
Northwest ordinance of 1787
Established the Northwest Territory
Northwest Territory
Included areas that are now in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin
Tariffs
Taxes on imports or exports
Interstate commerce
Trade between two or more states
Inflation
An increased price for goods and services combined with the reduce value of money
Depression
A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment
Daniel shays
Poor farmer, revolutionary war veteran, led hundreds of men in a forced shutdown of the Supreme Court in Springfield, Massachusetts
Shays’s Rebellion
Uprising of farmer to protest high taxes and heavy debt.
Constitution convection
Held in May 1787 in Philadelphias Independence hall to improve the articles of confederation
Virginia plan
Proposed a new federal constitution that would give sovereignty or supreme power to the central government
New Jersey plan
Gave each state an equal number of votes and thus an equal voice
Great compromise
The agreement to create a two house legislature
Three fifths compromise
Only three fifths of a states slave population would count when determining representation
Popular sovereignty
Idea that political authority belongs to the people
Federalism
The sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country
Legislative branch
Or congress is responsible for proposing and passing laws
Executive branch
Includes the president and the departments that help run the government
Judicial branch
Is made up of all national courts
Checks and balances
Keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful
Anti federalists
People who opposed the constitution
George mason
Became a antifederalist because of no section on individual rights
Federalists
Supporters of the constitution
Federalists papers
Essays supporting the constitution were written under the name Publius
Amendments
Official changes
Bill of rights
10 of the proposed amendments intended to protect citizens rights
James maddison
Forth president of the US, delegate to the constitution, author of some of the federalists papers, helped lead the war of 1812
