The Early Republic
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- Q1-the Continental Congress wrote a national plan creating a loose alliance of the 13 independent states, states sent delegates to Congress, Each state had one vote, Congress could declare war, appoint military officers, coin money & deal with foreign affairsArticles of Confederation30s
- Q2set up a system of settling the NW territories & governing themNW Ordinance & Land Ordinance30s
- Q3organized farmers in Massachusetts to prevent the state from taking farms for unpaid taxes or loansShay's Rebellion30s
- Q4-goal was to revise the Articles of Confederation, every state except Rhode Island sent representatives, wrote an entirely new constitutionConstitutional Convention30s
- Q5-leader of Constitutional Convention, called the Father of the ConstitutionJames Madison30s
- Q6-called for a one house legislature where each state only had one vote, national government with 3 branchesNJ Plan30s
- Q7-proposed a strong national government with 3 branches, two house legislature with representatives based on population numbers of the statesVA Plan30s
- Q8-proposed by Roger Sherman, lower house called the House of Representatives based on population, upper house called the Senate gives every state 2 representativesGreat Compromise30s
- Q93/5 of the total number of slaves in each state could count in population3/5 Compromise30s
- Q10Northerners agreed Congress could not outlaw slavery for 20 years, -Northerners agreed that no state could stop a fugitive slave from being returned to an owner who claimed the slaveSlave Trade Compromise30s
- Q11-legislative branch passes the laws, executive branch enforces the laws, judicial branch is a system of courtsBranches of Government30s
- Q12series of essays by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay in support of ratifying the ConstitutionFederalist Papers30s
- Q13-written list of freedoms the government promises to protect; natural rights, first 10 amendments to the ConstitutionBill of Rights30s
- Q14supporter of strong federal governmentFederalists30s
- Q15people who opposed the Constitution and a strong national governmentAntifederalists30s