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Test #1
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22
History
3rd Grade
07/02/2011

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Shay's Rebellion
Definition
angry about having to pay taxes in silver
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Mount Vernon
Definition
George Washington's home
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Independence Hall
Definition
State House in Philadelphia and where men gathered for the Constitutional Convention
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Articles of Confederation
Definition
rules to keep the colonies together
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Mayflower Compact
Definition
separatists made rules to live by
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James Madison
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"The Articles will not work anymore. We must write a whole new set of laws. We must write a Constitution."
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Legislative Branch
Definition
would make the laws
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Executive Branch
Definition
would see that the laws were followed
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Judicial Branch
Definition
would deal with those who did not obey the laws
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Census
Definition
a way for the government to count the people
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compromise
Definition
an agreement that is not exactly what either side wants but is good enough for both sides to accept
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The Great Compromise
Definition
each state got equal votes in the Senate, 2, and in the House of Representatives votes depend on the number of people in the state
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Constitution
Definition
the laws
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Roger Sherman
Definition
thought up the Great Compromise
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Preamble
Definition
"words that go before"
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Bill of Rights
Definition
rights that cannot be taken away
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ratify
Definition
to approve of or agree to
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George Mason
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"Slavery brings the judgment of heaven on a country."
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George Washington
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"I will protect the Constitution."
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13 colonies
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number of states at the beginning of our country
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Rhode Island
Definition
the state that did not attend the Constitutional Convention
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Ben Franklin
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"That is a rising, and not a setting sun."
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