| A | B |
|---|
| Abigail Adams | John Adams' wife-- teased him not to forget women. |
| Daniel Shays | Led Shays' Rebellion against new US government. |
| Alexander Hamilton | Advocated super-powerful central government; "advertised" federalism; wrote some "Federalist" papers. |
| James Madison | Important Federalist-- involved with "The Federalist"; called "The Father of the Constitution" for his contributions. |
| primogeniture | Passing property down to eldest son. |
| federation | A firm union of people; more power for central government. |
| checks and balances | Systems of government; each branch checks the othe others |
| sovereignty | who rules; i.e. a king is soverign; the highest. |
| consent of the governed | Usually in form of representative; people agree with what is going on; if they don't, they can rebel. |
| republicanism | Government based on equality. |
| states' rights | Stronger than Congress under articles; functioned independently. |
| popular sovereignty | The right of the people to rule and decide. |
| confederation | Loose union between states. |
| anarchy | Lack of government |
| Society of the Cincinatti | Exclusive military order formed by Continental Army; denounced. |
| "Great Compromise" | Represented by population in House, equal representation in Senate. |
| Articles of Confederation | First constitution for US; gave states lots of rights. |
| Electoral College | Indirect election of the President; one of the number of compromises. |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person in population census. The Old Northwest will be sold and profits used to help pay off debt; divided into townships. |
| Northwest Ordinance | 1787; first would have temporary tutelage, then when strong would have equlity; forbade slavery in Old Northwest. |
| antifederalits | Against radification of the constitution (wanted Bill of Rights) |
| federalists | Supported constitution |
| Shay's Rebellion | Debtors demanded paper money, light taxes, etc . . . Fought for these. |
| "large state" Plan/Virgina Plan | Wanted representation in both houses based on population. |
| Constitution of the United States | Document that listed how US would work. |
| "The Federalist" | Newspaper printed to get people to support the ratification of the Constitution. |
| "bundle of compromises" | between large and smlall states; needed to end arguments and be able to write the constitution. |
