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| 13792702988 | Shays' Rebellion | Rebellion led by Daniel Shays of farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787, protesting mortgage foreclosures. It highlighted the need for a strong national government just as the call for the Constitutional Convention went out. | 0 | |
| 13792719913 | Constitutional Convention | The meeting of state delegates in 1787 in Philadelphia called to revise the Articles of Confederation. It instead designed a new plan of government, the US Constitution. | 1 | |
| 13792729785 | Virginia Plan | "Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning representation. | 2 | |
| 13792731965 | New Jersey Plan | The proposal at the Constitutional Convention that called for equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the state's population. | 3 | |
| 13792735223 | Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise) | Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house | 4 | |
| 13792746946 | Enumerated Powers | Powers specifically given to Congress in the Constitution; including the power to collect taxes, coin money, regulate foreign and interstate commerce, and declare war. | 5 | |
| 13792750864 | Reserved Powers | Powers given to the state government alone | 6 | |
| 13792754769 | Habeas Corpus | An order to produce an arrested person before a judge. | 7 | |
| 13792762194 | Ex Post Facto law | A law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that was not against the law when it was committed | 8 | |
| 13792768313 | Bill of Attainder | A law that declares a person or group of people, without a trial, to be guilty of a crime | 9 | |
| 13792778126 | Legislative Branch | The branch of government that makes the laws (Congress) | 10 | |
| 13792780528 | Executive Branch | The branch of government that carries out laws (President) | 11 | |
| 13792783958 | Judicial Branch | The branch of government that interprets laws (Courts) | 12 |
