Topic 4 Vocabulary

Constitution

• documents that set out the basic laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government.

• Rebellion of Massachusetts farmers led by a former soldier. This rebellion protested a recent raise in taxes.

• law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory, guaranteed basic rights to settlers, and outlawed slavery in that area.

• the first American constitution, created a loose alliance of 13 independent states.

Articles of Confederation

• documents that set out the basic laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government.

• Rebellion of Massachusetts farmers led by a former soldier. This rebellion protested a recent raise in taxes.

• law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory, guaranteed basic rights to settlers, and outlawed slavery in that area.

• the first American constitution, created a loose alliance of 13 independent states.

Shay's Rebellion

• documents that set out the basic laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government.

• Rebellion of Massachusetts farmers led by a former soldier. This rebellion protested a recent raise in taxes.

• law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory, guaranteed basic rights to settlers, and outlawed slavery in that area.

• the first American constitution, created a loose alliance of 13 independent states.

Northwest Ordinance

• documents that set out the basic laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government.

• Rebellion of Massachusetts farmers led by a former soldier. This rebellion protested a recent raise in taxes.

• law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory, guaranteed basic rights to settlers, and outlawed slavery in that area.

• the first American constitution, created a loose alliance of 13 independent states.

Currency

• money

• Cede

• give up

• compromise

Cede

• money

• Currency

• give up

• compromise

a solution in which each side gives up some of its demands to reach an agreement.

• money

• Currency

• give up

• compromise

list of government promises pertaining to the rights and freedoms of citizens

• Bill of Rights

• Constitutional Convention

• Three fifths ( ⅗ ) Compromise

• Great Compromise

Its purpose was to revise the Articles of Confederation.

• Bill of Rights

• Constitutional Convention

• Three fifths ( ⅗ ) Compromise

• Great Compromise

if a state had 5,000 enslaved residents, 3,000 of them would be included in the state's population count.

• Bill of Rights

• Constitutional Convention

• Three fifths ( ⅗ ) Compromise

• Great Compromise