Chapter 5 Vocab ~ The Articles of Confederation Flashcards
Magna Carta
A document signed by King John in 1215, made the king subject to law
Constitution
A constitution is a set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
This document declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money
Suffrage
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 if 1785
Set up a system for surveying and dividing western lands
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
The ordinance established the Northwest Territory, which included areas that are now Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin
Northwest Territory
included areas that are now Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin
Tariffs
Taxes on imports or exports
Interstate commerce
Trade between two or more states
Inflation
Occurs when there are increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money.
Depression
A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment
Daniel Shays
A poor farmer, and Revolutionary War veteran that led hundreds of men in a forced shutdown of the Supreme Court in Springfield, Massachusetts
Shays’s Rebellion
The uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt
Constitutional Convention
Held in May 1787 in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall to improve the Articles of Confederation.
James Madison
A delegate to the Constitutional Convention and fourth president of the United States
Virginia Plan
Edmund Randolph proposed a new federal constitution that would give sovereignty, or supreme power, to the central government
New Jersey Plan
Called for a unicameral, or one house, legislature. The plan gave each state an equal number of votes, and thus an equal voice, in the federal government
Great Compromise
The agreement to create a two house legislature
Three-Fifths Compromise
Under this agreement only three-fifths of a state’s slave population when determining representation
Popular sovereignty
The 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
Congress. Congress is responsible for proposing and passing laws
