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| Constitution | a document that sets out the laws, principles, organization, and processes of government |
| Bill of Rights | list of freedoms that the government promised to protect |
| Articles of Confederation | First American constitution created a loose alliance of the 13 independent states |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | set up the settlement of the Northwest Territory |
| Northwest Ordinance | set up government for Northwest Territory |
| depression | a period when business activity slows, prices and wages fall, and unemployment rises |
| Shays Rebellion | uprising of Massachusetts farmers protesting taxes |
| Virginia Plan | Have a legislature based on population of states |
| New Jersey Plan | have a legislature based on equality |
| Great Compromise | two-house legislature based on population and equality |
| Three-fifths Compromise | slaves will be counted as 3/5ths of the population |
| Republic | government where citizens rule themselves by electing representatives |
| separation of powers | divides powers of each branch of government |
| Federalists | favored the constitution and a strong national government |
| Anti-Federalists | favored states rights and a Bill of Rights |
| Compromise | A settlement in which each side gives up some demands to reach an agreement |
