Land Ordinance of 1784

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Land Ordinance of 1784

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states shall remain forever a part of the United States of America/shall never bear same relation to the confederation as original states

Question 2

Land Ordinance of 1785

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spelled out the terms of sale of the land. minimum price was set at $1 an acre, and the minimum purchase was 640 acres

Question 3

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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related to governing of the Old Northwest and forbade slavery in the Old Northwest

Question 4

Shay’s Rebellion

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led by Daniel Shay, it was a protest against high state taxes, imprisonment for debt and lack of paper money. shay supported a reworking of the national government.

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Albany Plan of Union

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created by Ben Franklin, it was created to form a permanent federation of the colonies as a means to reform colonial-imperial relations (address colonial interests)

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Virginia Plan

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Bicameral legislature (two chambers) with a representation in both houses based on proportional representation

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New Jersey Plan

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Unicameral legislature (one chamber) of the Article of Confederation in which each state gets one vote

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Great Compromise

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delegates at the Philadelphia convention agreed on a lower house whose seats would be apportioned on the basis of population, and an upper house–the senate–that would have 2 senators per state

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Whiskey Rebellion

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a protest led by Pennsylvania grain farmers against the excise tax on whiskey

Question 10

William Pritt

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English prime minister who assumed power in 1758 and brought about a remarkable shift in the Seven Years War (French and Indian War)

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Sons of Liberty

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Samuel Adams led a group of protesters in order to protest the Stamp Act

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Friedrich Von Steuben

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German officer who helped train American troops (helped lead the British to surrender at Yorktown 1781)

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Sugar Act

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cut the duty of foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, retained a high duty on foreign rum

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Declaratory Act

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stated that parliament could make laws binding the American colonies in “all cases whatsoever”

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Continental Association

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was a boycott all contact with British goods

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Treaty of Paris

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changed the map after the French and Indian War by eliminating French territory in North America. England got land east of the Mississippi and Spain got west

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Virginia Resolves

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Patrick Henry proposed a series of resolutions passed by the Virginia House of Burgesses in response to the Stamp Act (stated that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional and that measures should be taken by all states to retain their powers)

Question 17

Hamilton’s plan to assume state debts

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the south voted against it because majority of their debts had already been paid off, and they felt that it would give the North too much financial control

Question 18

Marbury v. Madison

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established its right to overturn acts of Congress. it established the principle of judicial review (the power of federal courts to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional

Question 19

American Revolution

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Patriots: 45%
Neutrals: 40%
Loyalist: 20%

Question 20

Crispus Attucks

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the first American colonist killed in the American Revolution. his death became known as the Boston Massacre

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Missouri Compromise

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Missouri a slave state
Maine was a free state
slavery was prohibited North of the 36/30 parallel in the land gained by the Lousiana Purchase

Question 22

General Gage

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planned a surprise attack on Concord because he was ordered to quell the dissenters before they would become more organized

Question 23

Broad Constructionists

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they believed the government can exercise implied powers in keeping with the spirit of the Constitution (Hamiltonians)

Question 24

Strict Constructionists

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they favored a literal interpretation of the constitution (Jeffersonians)