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Formal approval that had to be given by all 13 state legislatures before the Articles of Confederation could go into effect

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ratification

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Political philosopher who believed a social contract existed between political leaders and the people they governed

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John Locke

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Vast region that included present day Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin

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Northwest Territory

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Voting rights

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suffrage

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Legislation that protected religious freedom and forbade the establishment of an official church

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Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

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Act passed by Congress that created a system of limited self government for the settlers living in the Northwest Territory

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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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Governing body for the states under the Articles of Confederation, in which each state had one vote

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Confederation Congress

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Type of government where the head of state is elected and in which the people hold the political power

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republic

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Set of basic principles and laws that determine the powers and duties of government

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constitution

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Surveys that divided public lands into townships of 36 square miles, which in turn were divided into 36 lots of 640 acres each

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Land Ordinance of 1785