Unit 3 Vocabulary Review (#3)

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A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government

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constitution

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Served as the first constitution of the United States from 1781-1789

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Articles of Confederation

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Law passed in 1787 to set up orderly procedures for the expansion of the U.S. and to settle the Northwest Territory, an area today known as the Midwest

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Northwest Ordinance

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A law, rule, or theory that something is based on

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principle

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An armed revolt in western Massachusetts that lasted from August 1786 to February 1787. Most participants were farmers frustrated with high taxes and the court system.

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Shays' Rebellion

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A way of reaching agreement in which each person or group gives up something in order to end an argument or conflict

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compromise

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An agreement reached by large and small states during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that established a two-house legislature in the U.S.

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Great Compromise

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A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses

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bicameral

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Agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that said 3 out of every 5 enslaved persons in a state would be counted when determining a state’s total population for legislative representation and taxation

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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The constitutional principle in which the power to govern is shared between a central authority (the nation) and smaller units (the states)

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federalism