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| Society of the Cincinnati | An exclusive order of military officers that aroused strong democratic opposition |
| Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom | Legislation passed by an alliance of Jefferson and the Baptists that disestablished the Anglican church |
| Articles of Confederation | Document of 1781 that was put out of business by the Constitution |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | Legislation that provided for the orderly transformation of western territories into states |
| Dey of Algiers | North African leader who took advantage of the weakness of the Articles of Confederation to attack american shipping |
| Daniel Shays | War veteran who led poor farmers in a revolt that failed but had far-reaching consequences |
| George Washington | Unanimously elected chairman of the secret convention of "demi-gods" |
| James Madison | Father of the Constitution and author of Federalist No. 10 |
| Federalists | Wealthy conservatives devoted to republicanism who engineered a nonviolent political transformation |
| Antifederalists | Group that failed to block the central government they feared but did force the promise of a bill of rights |
| Patrick Henry | Virginia Antifederalist leader who thought the Constitution spelled the end of liberty and equality |
| Alexander Hamilton | Young New Yorker who argued eloquently for the Constitution even though he favored an even stronger central government |
| John Jay | Frustrated foreign affairs secretary under the Articles: one of the three authors of The Federalist |
| Massachusetts | The only state to allow a direct vote on the Constitution |
| MassachusettsAn exclusive order of military officers that aroused strong democratic opposition | First of key states where federalist won by a narrow margin over the opposition of Antifederalist Sam Adams |
