Ch. 3 Lesson 1 Vocab

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a detailed, written plan for government

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constitution

Front

a legislature consisting of two parts, or houses

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bicameral

Front

a group of individuals or state governments

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confederation

Front

the first constitution of the United States

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Articles of Confederation

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to vote approval of

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ratify

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a law, usually of a city or county

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ordinance

Front

a law that set up a plan for surveying western lands

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Ordinance of 1785

Front

1787 law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory and a plan for admitting new states to the Union

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Northwest Ordinance

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an uprising of Massachusetts farmers who did not want to lose their farms because of debt caused by heavy state taxes after the American Revolution

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Shay's Rebellion