M5L1 The Articles of Confederation

a set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government

(vocab word)

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Magna Carta

• constitution

• ratification

voting rights

(vocab word)

• Magna Carta

• suffrage

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• ratification

official approval by the states

• ratification

• Magna Carta

• suffrage

• Land Ordinance of 1785

an English document, signed by King John in 1215, that limited the power of the monarch

(vocab word)

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• Magna Carta

• ratification

• Land Ordinance of 1785

a law that included Thomas Jefferson’s ideas granting religious freedom

(vocab word)

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Magna Carta

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

a law that set up a system for surveying land and dividing the Northwest Territory

(vocab word)

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• Magna Carta

A law that established the Northwest Territory and formed a political system for the region. (vocab word)

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Magna Carta

A territory including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

(vocab word)

• Northwest Territory

• Louisiana Purchase

• Indian Territory

• Canadian Territory

The new national constitution, which made a new confederation congress the national government. (vocab word)

• Magna Carta

• Articles of Confederation

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Which historical figure promoted the idea that government should not establish an official church?

(pg 153, 3rd paragraph)

• King John

• John Locke

• Thomas Jefferson

• Baron de Montesquieu