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Chapter 8
Important People and Events in Ch. 8
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11/16/2010

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Wilderness Road
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the trail into Kentucky that Daniel Boone helped build
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Daniel Boone
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An american pioneer who helped build the wilderness road
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republic
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a government in which people elect representatives to govern for them
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Articles of Confederation
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a document, adopted by the Continental Congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781, that outlined the form of government of the new United States
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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a law that established a plan for surveying and selling the federally owned lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
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Northwest Territory
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territory covered by the Land Ordinance of 1785, which included land that formed the states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota
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Northwest Ordinance
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described how the Northwest Territory was to be governed and set conditions for settlement and settlers' rights.
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Shays's Rebellion
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an uprising of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers in 1787
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Constitutional Convention
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a meeting held in 1787 to consider changes to the Articles of Confederation; resulted in the drafting of the Constitution
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James Madison
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The fourth President of the United States (1809-1817). A member of the Continental Congress (1780-1783) and the Constitutional Convention (1787), he strongly supported ratification of the Constitution and was a contributor to The Federalist Papers (1787-1788), which argued the effectiveness of the proposed constitution. His presidency was marked by the War of 1812.
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Virginia Plan
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a plan proposed by Edmund Randolph, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, that proposed a government with three branches and a two-house legislature in which representation would be based on a state's population or wealth
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New Jersey Plan
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a plan of government proposed at the Constitutional Convention in 1797 that called for a one-house legislature in which each state would have one vote
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Great Compromise
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the Constitutional Convention's agreement to establish a two-house national legislature, with all states having equal representation in one house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house
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Three-Fifths Compromise
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the Constitutional Convention's agreement to count three-fifths of a state's slaves as population for purposes of representation and taxation
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federalism
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a system of government where power is shared among the central (or federal) government and the states
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Federalists
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supporters of the Constitution
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Antifederalists
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a person who opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution
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The Federalist papers
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a series of essays defending and explaining the Constitution
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George Mason
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American Revolutionary politician from Virginia. A member of the Constitutional Convention (1787), he voiced criticism that resulted in the drafting of the Bill of Rights. His grandson James Murray Mason (1798-1871) was a Confederate diplomat to Great Britain and France.
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Bill of Rights
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the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, added in 1791, and consisting of a formal list of citizens' rights and freedoms
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