| A | B |
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| Shays' Rebellion | uprising of Massachusett's farmers lead by Daniel Shays to protest high taxes, heavy debt and farm foreclosures and showed that the Articles of Confederatin weren't working |
| prevent governmental tyranny or leadership by a king | main goal of the states and citizens when planning the new government |
| republic | state, country or nation in which people elect representatives to govern |
| women, Native Americans, African Americans, males that did not own property | 4 groups of poeple that could not vote in our new government |
| Articles of Confederation | our first plan of government; document that created a government with limited powers |
| Confederation Congress | ruling legislative body under the Articles of Confederation |
| 1 | number of votes each state had under the Articles of Confederation |
| control western territory, run postal service, declare war/make peace, issue money, control Indian Affairs | powers granted to the national government under the Articles of Confederation |
| establish executive branch, enforce national laws, collect taxes, regulate trade, extablish federal courts, amend articles | powers denied the new national governemnt |
| states | Did the federal government or states have the most power under the Articles of Confederation |
| tax, enforce laws | powers the states had under the Articles of Confederation |
| ratification | term that means approval |
| Land Ordinance of 1785, Govern the Northwest Territory | two successes of the Articles of Confederation |
| Northwest Territory | land west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| After they had 60,000 inhabitants, they could draft their own constitution and then petition Congress to become a state | procedures the territories in the Northwest Territory had to go through to become states |
| Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin | states that were formed in the Northwest territory |
| township | name for each 6 mile square plot in the NW Territory |
| outlawed | Slavery was _________ in the NW Territory |
| freedom of religion, trial by jury | 2 important rights guaranteed in the NW Territory |
| Americans didn't keep promises of fair treatment of Native Americans | 't keep promnegative consequence of NW Ordinance |
