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| articles of Cofederation | set up our country's first central government |
| Shays's Rebellion | a group of farmers protest against the courts |
| Northwest Ordinance | 1787, provided a way for new territories to become states |
| territory | an area of land that belongs to the government |
| statehood | becoming a state |
| Constitutional Convention | the meeting of 12 states' delegates in Philadelphia, Pen. that replaced the Articles of Confederation with a new constitution |
| Virginia Plan | the plan, drawn up by James Madison and adopted by the Constitutional convention in 1787 that established 3 branches of the federal government |
| Legislative Branch | the lawmaking part of government, with the power to raise the money needed to run the government |
