| A | B |
|---|
| bicameral | two house legislature |
| veto | to reject bills that were passed |
| emancipation | freeing of African American slaves |
| Virginia Bill of Religious Freedom | no person will be forced to support any religion |
| Articles of Confederation | U.S. first constitution - a plan to unite the states |
| ratify | agree to |
| unicameral | one house legislature |
| Right of Deposit | Spain denied permission for the U.S. to puts its goods ashore for transfer to ocean-going vessels without paying duties |
| Barbary Pirates | four north African states attack U.S. ships for refusing to pay a duty |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | provded for the orderly settling of the western land in the U.S. |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | region north of the Ohio River - after 5,000 men settled here, they could set up a territorial legislature |
| depression | economic slowdown - prices go up and wages go down |
| Daniel Shay (Shay's Rebellion) | he led farmers in Massachusetts to rebel because their farms were taken by the court |
| Thomas Jefferson | (VA) separation of church and state |
| Ben Franklin | Oldest delegate to the Philadelphia convention |
| George Washington | elected to preside over the Philadelphia convention |
| James Madison | (VA) "Father of the Constitution" |
| Virginia Plan | each state would be represented by population |
| New Jersey Plan | proposed that each state have one vote |
| Great Comprise | Congress would be made up of two houses(Representatives & the Sentate) |
| 3/5 Compromise | 5 slaves would be equal to 3 free persons for representation and taxes |
| Federalism | power is divided between a central government and a regional government |
| Amendments | additions or changes to the Constitution |
| Spain | disputed with U.S. in the borders drawn up by the Treaty of Paris |
| France | U.S. could not pay back loans made by this country during the Revoluntary War |
| Britian | treaty violations |
| Articles of Confederation | kept the country together for the first 10 years |
