Unit 3: Early Republic

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The U.S. adopted the _______ as its first constitution.

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The Articles of Confederation

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AN uprising led by Daniel Shays in an effort to prevent courts from foreclosing on the farms of those who could not pay the taxes.

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Shay's Rebellion

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It favored large states and how many people in congress should be based on population by.

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Virginia Plan

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Equal representation, each state had one vote, favored by small states.

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New Jersey Plan

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The agreement by which Congress would have two houses, the Senate (where each state gets equal representation-two senators) and the House of Representatives (where representation is based on population).

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Great Compromise

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The decision at the Constitutional convention to count slaves as 3/5 of a person for the purpose of deciding the population and determining how many seats each state would have in Congress

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3/5th Compromise

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A group of supporters of a strong central government and a new constitution.

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Federalists

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Opponents of a strong central government who campaigned against the ratification of the Constitution in favor of a confederation of independent states.

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Anti-Federalists

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This collection of essays by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison, explained the importance of a strong central government. It was published to convince New York to ratify the Constitution.

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Federalist Papers

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What ordinance banned slavery in the Northwest Territory and established the method by which new territories would be admitted to the United States?

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Northwest Ordinance of 1785