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| concept central to republican ideology. The notion that democracy depended on the unselfish commitment of each citizen to the public good |
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| not a written document, but rather an accumulation of laws, customs, & precedents |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| 1st constitution for the nation drafted by Congress in 1776. Was lacking in many ways. Provided for a loose confederation. Had a clumsy Congress, no executive branch, & judicial branch was left up to the states |
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| Red letter law. Provided that the acreage of the Old Northwest should be sold & that the proceeds should be used to help pay off the national debt. |
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| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
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| governing of the Old Northwest. A judicious compromise: temporary tutelage, then permanent equality. When land had 60,000 inhabitants it might become a state. Forbade slavery in the Old Northwest |
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| led by Daniel Shays, a farmer, impoverished backcountry farmers were losing their farms through mortgage foreclosures & tax & delenquincies. They attempted to enforce demands of paper money, lighten taxes, and suspend property takeover |
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| proposed a convention of Congress in Philadelphia to revise the A o C. Advocate for a powerful central gov't |
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| a profound student of gov't, made contributions so notable that he was dubbed "the Father of the Constitution" |
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| the 1st proposed framework of the constitution. Representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress should be based on population |
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| provided for equal representation in a unicameral Congress by states, regardless of size & population |
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| representation by population in the House of Representatives. Equal representation in the Senate |
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| In compromise of whether or not slaves should count as a person or not in apportioning direct taxes & in according representation in the H o R, (south said yes, north said no) a slave would count as 3/5 of a person |
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