Chapter 7

Question 1

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

Answer 1

Created a centralized national government that was subordinate to the states. Necessary to fund government t

Ratified in March 1st 1781, drafted by Continental Congress in 1777

Question 2

ORDINANCE OF 1784

Answer 2

First land ordinance that prepared the lands West of the Mississippi River to become states by establishing stages of slef-government.

Question 3

ORDINANCE OF 1785

Answer 3

Second land ordinance regulated sale of land in the region north of the Ohio River.

(Old Northwest)

Question 4

NORTHWEST ORDINANCE OF 1787

Answer 4

Banned slavery North of the Ohio River past Kentucky. Prepared for future establishment of three to five states in the region.

Question 5

EMPIRE OF LIBERTY

Answer 5

Basic Principle where rather than ruling over the West as a colonial power, the US would treat the area and its population as equal members of the political system.

Thomas Jefferson, idea behind Northwest Ordinance

Question 6

SHAY’S REBELLION

Answer 6

Led by veteran Daniel Shays, poor Massachussetts farmers rose to rebellion against the Massacussetts militia. Proved to the economic elite that the Articles of Confederation needed to be revised/replaced.

1786 - 1787

Question 7

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

Answer 7

55 most prominent elite Americans gathered in Phiadelphia as delegates. Goal of strengthening national authority and create government structures.

Question 8

VIRGINIA PLAN

Question 9

NEW JERSEY PLAN

Question 10

FEDERALISM

Question 11

DIVISION OF POWERS

Question 12

CHECKS AND BALANCES

Question 13

SEPARATION OF POWERS

Question 14

THREE-FIFTHS CLAUSE

Question 15

The Federalist

Question 16

ANTI-FEDERALISTS

Question 17

BILL OF RIGHTS

Question 18

TREATY OF GREENVILLE

Question 19

ANNUITY SYSTEM

Question 20

GRADUAL EMANCIPATION

Question 21

OPEN IMMIGRATION

Question 22

Notes on the State of Virginia