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| Constitution | A document that sets out the basic laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government. |
| bill of rights | List of freedoms that the government promises to protect. |
| Articles of Confederation | Created a very loose alliance of 13 independent states. |
| cede | To give up claims to land. |
| currency | Money |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | Set up a system for settling the Northwest Territory. |
| Northwest Ordinance | Congress set up a government that guaranteed basic rights to settlers, and outlawed slavery there. |
| depression | A period when business activity slows, prices and wages fall, and unemployment rises. |
| Shay's Rebellion | An uprising of 1,000 farmers that attacked courthouses and prevented the state from seizing farms when farmers could not pay their debts. |
