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Plan proposed by New Jersey for equal representation regardless of size or population. Unicameral.
  • small-state plan
  • Philadelphia Quakers
  • Lord Sheffield
  • Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
  • quorum
  • federation
  • The Federalist
  • checks and balances
The concept that political power rests with the people who can create, alter, and abolish government. People express themselves through voting and free participation in government
  • Cement to the Union
  • popular sovereignty
  • Shays's Rebellion
  • Empress of China
enthusiastically supported the somewhat weak Articles of Confederation, could not be compared to any other country, new breed of state
  • George Washington
  • Abigail Adams
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Electoral College
first place for constitutional convention, only 5 states showed up
  • rag money
  • 38 states
  • Roger Morris
  • Annapolis
after hearing about "rights of man," 1781 sued her master for freedom, won and spent rest of life as paid domestic servant in Massachusetts
  • executive and legislative branch
  • Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman
  • Cement to the Union
  • interracial marriage laws
the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs
  • ERA proposal
  • checks and balances
  • federation
  • The Federalist
phrase suggestion America needed some permanent stability in the form of government, be it an amended Articles, a new Constitution, or a strong central government
  • Gouverneur Morris
  • Cement to the Union
  • citizens committee
  • Shays's Rebellion
dictate method of governing of Northwest, each townships have two stages, first is territorial stage attract settlers, once reach 60,000 can be admitted to congress as a state, also forbade slavery in area (1787)
  • Alexander Hamilton
  • Cement to the Union
  • Articles of Confederation
  • Northwest Ordinance of 1787
1775 found world's first antislavery society, show hostility towards trade in "black ivory"
  • Independence Hall
  • Philadelphia Quakers
  • Georgia
  • Constitutional Convention
opponents of a strong central government who campaigned against the ratification of the Constitution in favor of a confederation of independent states; mostly farmers, workers, artisans, etc.
  • Alexander Hamilton
  • reapportionment
  • federalists
  • antifederalists
supporters of the stronger central govt. who advocated the ratification of the new constitution; mostly aristocrats, landowners, etc
  • James Madison
  • Roger Morris
  • sovereignty
  • federalists
Massachusetts 1786, backwood farmers loosing farms, many veterans, rise up, movement crushed, but the memories haunted and warned the rich of the monster Democracy formed
  • popular sovereignty
  • Cement to the Union
  • Gouverneur Morris
  • Shays's Rebellion
approximate population of US
  • Annapolis
  • 38 states
  • 309 million
  • 37 million
one house in Congress or two
  • unicameral and bicameral
  • triple-headed monster
  • interracial marriage laws
  • consent of the governed
This referred to the fact that the Constitution was trying to please everybody.
  • Cement to the Union
  • bundle of compromises
  • interracial marriage laws
  • citizens committee
govenerning body kept very weak, people weary of British oppression, however led to problems resulting from lack of central government, no power
  • Protestant Episcopal Church
  • John Jay
  • Georgia
  • Congress
because of their high status, Jefferson called the delegates this
  • 38 states
  • Annapolis
  • demigods
  • section
a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government), absence of rule
  • Sun Belt
  • gerrymandering
  • anarchy
  • James Madison
first born son receives all of inheritance, these laws changed after revolution
  • primogeniture
  • Annapolis
  • James Madison
  • reapportionment
the idea that government derives its authority by the sanction of the people
  • executive and legislative branch
  • Cement to the Union
  • Empress of China
  • consent of the governed
idea that democracy depended on the unselfish commitment of each citizen to the public good
  • reapportionment
  • 37 million
  • civic virtue
  • sovereignty
term used against Congress, suggests it is oppressive and tyrannical just like the King
  • Electoral College
  • Abigail Adams
  • George Washington
  • King Congress
Mr. Orange, speaker of the House, from Ohio
  • Boehner
  • rag money
  • Old Northwest
  • Sun Belt
refused to send representatives to the Constitutional Convention, still known as "Rogue's Island"
  • The Federalist
  • gerrymandering
  • Rhode Island
  • demigods
3/4 states needed to ratify an amendment, means only 13 to block!
  • Rhode Island
  • 38 states
  • rag money
  • states' right
The manufacturing region in the United States that is currently debilitated because many manufacturing firms have relocated to countries offering cheaper labor and relaxed environmental regulations.
  • 38 states
  • Rust Belt
  • Sun Belt
  • mobocracy
A philosophy of limited government with elected representatives serving at the will of the people. The government is based on consent of the governed.
  • republican motherhood
  • Roger Morris
  • gerrymandering
  • republicanism
two branches intentionally weakened, people suspicious of former royal governors and judges
  • reapportionment
  • bundle of compromises
  • unicameral and bicameral
  • executive and legislative branch
the drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party, group, or incumbent
  • primogeniture
  • Roger Morris
  • gerrymandering
  • states' right
example of Loyalist property confiscated, this man's large New York estate cut up into 250 parcels
  • Roger Morris
  • Empress of China
  • James Madison
  • Rhode Island
south of Philadelphia, provide power for many mills/factories, shows how America was trying to rise up the commercial scale
  • Gouverneur Morris
  • reapportionment
  • Brandywine Creek
  • federalists
ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states
  • sovereignty
  • Old Northwest
  • federalists
  • anarchy
only 4 states left who didn't agree to the ratification of the constitution, eventually gave in as they knew independent states would not survive separate from the union
  • General Daniel Shays
  • King Congress
  • District of Columbia
  • Virginia, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island
North African leader who took advantage of the weakness of the Articles of confederation to attack American shipping, could be argued that he drove the delegates to their work
  • Dey of Algiers
  • King Congress
  • Lord Sheffield
  • Thomas Jefferson
only state constitution that didn't forbid slave trade, 1807 trade was supposed to stop altogether
  • Detroit
  • Independence Hall
  • John Jay
  • Georgia
5 LA county district supervisors, more diverse, represent minorities
  • interracial marriage laws
  • Old Northwest
  • Molina, Ridley-Thomas, Yaroslavsky, Knabe, Antonovich
  • primogeniture
U.S. region, mostly comprised of southeastern and southwestern states, which has grown most dramatically since World War II.
  • Sun Belt
  • civic virtue
  • Spain
  • Rhode Island
The minimum number of members who must be present to permit a legislative body to take official action
  • townships
  • federation
  • ERA proposal
  • quorum
Pennsylvania representative at the Constitutional Convention; credited with authoring large sections of the constitution, including the preamble, draftsman
  • Gouverneur Morris
  • Empress of China
  • antifederalists
  • Cement to the Union
piece of land 1 square mile around 640 acres, could support about 10 self suff farming families (50-75 acres each), each buy a subsection
  • section
  • demigods
  • Empress of China
  • anarchy
Date of the ratification of the Constitution, right after New Hampshire voted
  • Brandywine Creek
  • June 21, 1788
  • 38 states
  • primogeniture
what critiques of the Constitution called the three branch government system
  • triple-headed monster
  • executive and legislative branch
  • interracial marriage laws
  • primogeniture
later became known as this, federal stronghold 10 square miles
  • John Jay
  • Virginia, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island
  • District of Columbia
  • Lord Sheffield
equal rights amendment, men and women treated same under law, only got 34 states, main argument military, brought up again in 2006 by Pelosi
  • townships
  • ERA proposal
  • confederation
  • reapportionment
emerged as a major political figure during the debate over the Constitution, as the outspoken leader of the Federalists and one of the authors of the Federalist Papers. secretary of treasury under Washington,spearheaded the government's Federalist initiatives,
  • republican motherhood
  • Alexander Hamilton
  • popular sovereignty
  • Empress of China
approximate population California, have 53 House seats
  • James Madison
  • Rhode Island
  • 37 million
  • 38 states
Continental Army officers form elite group on 1783, denounced as pretentious and aristocratic
  • Congress
  • Georgia
  • Society of the Cincinnati
  • Dey of Algiers
secretary of foreign affairs, hoped that insults America received from others would humiliate people into finally framing a new government to gain respect
  • John Jay
  • General Daniel Shays
  • Abigail Adams
  • King Congress
example of a Yankee ship that boldly sailed the world to trade with foreign countries, this ship carried ginseng, opened up Eastern markets
  • Brandywine Creek
  • Roger Morris
  • Cement to the Union
  • Empress of China
Plan proposed by Roger Sherman, William Samuel Johnson, and Oliver Ellsworth that suggested combining the Virginia and New Jersey plans. There would be two houses, one house having representation based off of population (house of reps), the other having representation based off of the state (senate, 2).
  • the Great Compromise
  • three-fifths compromise
  • bundle of compromises
  • checks and balances
Essays promoting ratification of the Constitution, published anonymously in NY by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison in 1787 and 1788.
  • Shays's Rebellion
  • The Federalist
  • Roger Morris
  • Empress of China
led a rebellion in 1786, followers called Shaysites, many former veterans now farmers
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • General Daniel Shays
  • George Washington
  • District of Columbia
what the Anglican church reformed into after it was humbled because of its royal roots
  • Independence Hall
  • Protestant Episcopal Church
  • Philadelphia Quakers
  • Electoral College
the process of reallocating seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years on the basis of the results of the census. cut off at 435
  • reapportionment
  • Brandywine Creek
  • Old Northwest
  • gerrymandering
in charge of drawing district lines, supposed to be more fair to minority party, appointed members
  • reapportionment
  • citizens committee
  • Brandywine Creek
  • James Madison
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