| A | B |
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| republic | a government in which people choose representatives to govern for them. |
| Wilderness Road | trail, road, path that led into Kentucky. Daniel Boone. |
| Articles of Confederation | 1777 document that wanted a strong state government and a weak national government. |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | law that established a plan for surveying and selling land in SIX MILE plots west of Appalachian Mtns. |
| Northwest Territory | territory (land) part of Land Ordinance1785- included Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and part of Minnesota. |
| Northwest Ordinance | said how NW Territory would be governed and how it would be settled and settlers' rights for an ORDERLY GROWTH. |
| Shay's Rebellion | Massachusetts farmers fight because they are mad about not having $$$. |
| Constitutional Convention | 1787 meeting to WRITE A NEW CONSTITUTION in order to change Articles of Confederation. |
| Virginia Plan | Large state plan with 3 branches and 2 HOUSE legislature with representaion on state's population or wealth. Edmund Randolph, Constitutional Convention fo 1787. |
| New Jersey Plan | Small State Plan with 1 HOUSE government plan where each state had 1 vote. Constitutional Convention. |
| Great Compromise | two-house legislature with states equal representation in one house and population representation in the lower house. |
| 3/5 Three Fifths Compromise | Slaves count as 3/5 in population and taxation reasons. |
| federalism | a type of government where power is SHARED between the states and central government. |
| federalists | people who supported the Constitution. |
