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| Articles of confederation promoted a...... |
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| weak national government-- fear of too much power in the hands of one person |
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| The national government had little authority to... |
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| regulate trade or deals with foriegn countries |
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| was a revolt against the government |
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| Shays rebelion alarmed citizens who pushed for a ... |
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| stronger national government |
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Northwest Ordinance was located where? divided into? miles? sections? square miles? each section #? was used for? |
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Location-North Central United State 6 miles on each side 36 sections 1 square mile is 640 achres each section $640 sections set aside to support public schools |
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Land ordinance of 1787 what was terrirtory divided into? Congress would apoint to? how many voters lived in the territory? How many free residents? |
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1.divided into districts 2.govenor and judges 3. 5,000 voters 4. 60,000 |
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Constitutional Convention- was 1.where? 2.Quorum and federalism? |
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1.It was in Philidelphia in 1787 2. Quorum is the minumum people you can have to run a business 3.Ferderalism is in which a group of members are bound togehter |
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| What were the two early decisions |
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| To design a new constitution for a new system of governmeny keep discussions secret to promote opem and honest debate. |
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created by Edmund Randolph 2 house's represenatives-elected by people Senate- Elected by the house from the nominess provided by the state legislatures |
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| Proportional vs. Equal Representation |
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| New Jesey Plan- it failed |
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Congress- one house legislature Executive Branch- includes several officials elected by congress |
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| The great comprimise ( known as the Connecticut Comprimise) |
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Roger Sherman House of representation=proportional representation based on population Senate= Equal representation for each state Each state has 2 senates |
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Great compromise- passed by how many votes? |
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