Unit 4 vocab Flashcards
where does the wilderness road lead to and who built it
Wilderness road goes to Kentucky and was built by daniel Boone
how were representatives chosen in a republic government
A people’s election
what was the Articles of Confederation?
A document adopted by the continental congress in 1777
what was the Land Ordinance of 1785?
A document that established no taxes to be collected and a plan on how to sell land
what land was known as northwest territory
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Minnesota
what was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance described and notified that the Northwest territories had to be governed
what was the shay rebellion
An uprising in debt-riders
What was the constitutional convention:
Meeting held in 1787 to consider changes to the articles of confederation
who was James Madison
A founding Father made major contributions to the ratification
what was the Great Compromise
Constitutional Convention was the agreement to create a two house legislative
what was the Three-faiths-compromise
Compromised the constitutional conventional agreement
what is Federalism
System of government where power is shared among central confederation
who are Federalists
People support the constitution
who are antifederalists
People who appose the constitution
what are the Federalist papers
A series of essays defending the constitution
