Union S1 Flashcards
Bicameral
Two-house legislators
In most states
Constitution
Plan for a Government
Republic
A government where citizens rule through elected reps
Articles of Confederation
America’s first constitution a central government The congress
Could: conduct foreign affairs, maintain Armed Forces, borrow money, and issue currency
Could Not: do the three T’s-troops, taxes, trade
States were independent-A weak central government
Petition
Apply to
Northwest Territory
Five smaller territories-see flash card ordinance
Ordinance
Law
Stab list of procedure for surveying and selling the Western lands north of the Ohio River
Robert Morris
An idea for import tax-5%
Approved by all states but Rhode Island-could not be passed
Depreciated
Fallen in value-the Continental currency
Could not collect tax
John Jay
American secretary of foreign affairs
John Adams
Sent to discuss problems with Great Britain
-Troops in America
-Trade was being kept from colonists
Great Britain would not talk
Said-Colonists did not pay Loyalists land
No one is following the rules of the Treaty of Paris 1783!
Confederation
League of independent states