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set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government
constitution
document signed by King John in 1215 that made the king subject to law
Magna carta
document declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
the right to vote
suffrage
national constitution for first U.S. government
Articles of Confederation
official approval
ratification
set up a system for surveying and dividing western lands
Land Ordinance of 1785
established the Northwest Territory and created a system to bring new states into the Union
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
included areas that are now Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin
Northwest Territory
taxes on imports or exports
tariffs
trade between two or more states
interstate commerce
occurs when there are increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
inflation
period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment
depression
a poor farmer and Revolutionary war veteran
Daniel Shays
uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt
Shays’s Rebellion
held in May 1787 in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall to improve the Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
a delegate of the Constitutional Convention
James Madison
