Chapter 7 Sec 1-sec 4 Flashcards
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Land ordinance of 1785
It set up a system for surveying and settling the north west territory . The law called for the territory to be surveyed and then divided into townships.
The articles of confederation -sec1
It was the first American constitution and it created a confederation of independent states.
Northwest ordinance
It was passed in 1787 , and it set up a government for the northwest territory ,guaranteed basic rights to settlers, and outlawed slavery there. It also provided for the vast region to be divided into separate territories in the future .
Shays rebellion
Daniel shay who was a farmer that fought up at bunker hill made this and other farmers took part in this and attached courthouses and prevented the state from seizing farms .
Constitution
It is a document that sets out the laws and principles of a government .
Execute
Carried out the laws
Confederation
An alliance of independent states
Ordinance
Important laws
Economic depression
It is a period when business activity slows, prices, and wages fall, an unemployment rises .
Constitutional convention -sec 2
The constitutional convention opened in Philadelphia . Their mission was to revise the articles of confederation . They wrote the constitution during this event.
James Madison
He was the best prepared delegate to the constitutional convention . He was from Virginia . James Madison is the father of our constitution.
Virginia plan
The Virginia plan called for a strong national government with three branches . The legislative branch, executive branch, judicial branch.
New Jersey plan
Like the Virginia plan it called for three branches , except that it provided for a legislature that had only one house . Each state regardless of its population, would have one vote in the legislature.
Roger Sherman
He was from Connecticut and he worked out a compromise that he hoped would satisfy both large and small states . His compromise called for a two house legislature .
Great compromise
On July 16, the delegates narrowly approved Sherman’s plan. Each side gave up some demands to preserve the nation.
Three fifths compromise
The delegates compromised . They agreed that three fifths of the slaves in any state would be counted. In other words if a state had 5,000 slaves, 3,000 of them would be included in the states population count.
Legislative branch
The legislative branch passes the laws.
Executive branch
The executive branch would carry out the laws.
Judiciary branch
The judiciary branch would decide if laws were carried out fairly.
Magna Carta -️sec 3
The Magna Carta limited the power of English rulers. The Magna Carta contained two basic ideas that helped to shape both british and American government. 1st it stated that English nobles had certain rights that were later extended to other classes of people as well. 2nd the Magna Carta made clear that English monarchs themselves had to obey the law.
The English bill of rights
It went further in limiting the monarchy and protecting the rights of citizens. It allowed citizens to bear arms . It also refined the idea that no person could be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime.
The house of burgesses
The representative body of Virginia. Each of Britain’s thirteen American colonies had its own representative legislature .
Mayflower compact
It was the first document of self government in North America.
Enlightenment
The constitution was based on the ideas of the European enlightenment. Enlightenment thinkers believed that people could improve society through the use of reason.
