Vocabulary Terms SSUSH5

Federal order that divided the Northwest Territory into smaller territories and created a plan for how the territories could become states.

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Treaty of Paris (1783)

• Treaty of Paris (1763)

The governing body of a nation, state, or community.

• Government

• President

• Executive

• Legislative

1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade).

• U.S. Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

A major success of the Articles of Confederation. Provided for the orderly surveying and distribution of land belonging to the U.S.

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Treaty of Paris (1783)

• Treaty of Paris (1763)

A veteran of the Continental Army, led a rebellion of poor farmers in Massachusetts who demanded debt relief, lower taxes, and protections against property seizures.

• Daniel Shays

• Shays' Rebellion

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

Armed uprising of western Massachusetts debtors seeking lower taxes and an end to property foreclosures. Though quickly put down, the insurrection inspired fears of "mob rule" among leading Revolutionaries.

• Shays' Rebellion

• Bacon's Rebellion

• King Philip's War

• Boston Massacre

"Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States.

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• James Monroe

Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

The agreement by which the number of each state's representatives in Congress would be based on a count of all the free people plus three-fifths of the slaves

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Great Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

A principle of constitutional government; a government whose powers are defined and limited by a constitution.

• Limited Government

• Government

• Federalism

• U.S. Constitution