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| Wilderness Road | a road that traveled westward over the Appalachiann Mountains into Kentucky |
| republic | a government in which the people elect representatives to make laws |
| Articles of Confederation | the first government of the United States |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | a law that set up townships in the western lands,which became known as the Northwest Territory |
| NW Territory | land that formed the states of Ohio,Indiana,Michigan,Illinois,and Wisconsin |
| Northwest Ordinance | a law that organized the Northwest Territory |
| Shay's Rebellion | an anti-tax protest by Massachusetts farmers |
| Constitutional Convention | a meeting in Philadelphia that was called to change the Articles of Confederation |
| James Madison | one of the leaders of the Constitutional Convention |
| Virginia Plan | a plan that called for representation in the legislature to be based on the states'population or wealth |
| New Jersey Plan | a plan that called for each state to have equal representation in the legislature |
| Great Compromise | an agreement that called for a two house Congress with representation based on population in one house and equal representation in the other house |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | an agreement that called for counting three_fifths of the slave population for representation and taxation |
| federalism | a system of government in which power is shared among the federal government and the states |
| Federalists | people who supported ratification,or acceptance,of the Constitution |
| Antifederalists | people who opposed ratification of the Constitution |
| Federalist Papers | a series of essays that explained and defended the Constitution |
| George Mason | a Virginian who opposed ratification of the Constitution |
| Bill of Rights | a set of amendments,or changes to the Constitution passed to protect individual rights |
