Unit 3, Northwest Ordinance

Distance from Great Britain, Mayflower Compact, Virginia House of Burgesses, Fundamental Orders

Transatlantic Slave Trade, plantations, cash crops, fertile soil

Last major battle; British defeated and signed the Treaty of Paris recognizing US independence

Rich farmland, moderate climate, grew oats, wheat, & grain

show the importance of a representative legislature to foreign nations

keep power out of the hands of the courts

ensure the government would not become too powerful

give the legislature supreme rule over all the states

The states were more powerful than the national gov

9 of the 13 states had to approve any amendments

There was no executive branch to enforce the laws

The judicial branch met three times a year to hear cases

The gov had no power to pass taxes

Created a general council to manage the colonies

Experienced strict control by Parliament

Established their own representative institutions

Appointed governors who reported to the king

established by a series of Supreme Court decisions

defined by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence

established by the ratification of the U.S. Constitution

defined by President George Washington in his Farewell Address