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chapter 5
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History
7th Grade
10/13/2008

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Term

Constitution

Definition

a ________ is a set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the goverment.

Term

Suffrage

Definition
The right to vote.
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Articles of Confederation

Definition

congress would become the single branch of the national goverment.

new national constitution

passed: November 15, 1777

Term
Ratification
Definition
an official approval
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Northwest Ordinance
Definition

The ordance establisshed the Northwest Territory, which includes areas that are now in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota,and Wisconsin

(created a system for bringing new states into the union)

Term
tariffs
Definition
taxes on imports or exports
Term
interstate commerce
Definition

trade between two or more states.

(States followed their own trade intrest)

Term
inflation
Definition
occurs when there ar increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced walue of money
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depression
Definition
a ______ is a period of loco economic activity combined with a rise in inemployment
Term
Daniel Shays
Definition

Revolutionary War Veteran, who led hundreds of men in a forced shutdown of the Supreme Court in Springfield,Massachusetts

(farmer in Massachusetts)

Term
Shays Rebllion
Definition

the uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt became known as ______.

(showed a weakness of the conffederation)

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Constitutional convention
Definition
was held in May 1787 in Philadelphia's Independence Hall to imrove the Articles of Confederation, resulted in writing of the Constitution.
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