Chapter 9 Vocabulary - people, places and events
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| 222196374 | Society of the Cincinnati | An exclusive order of military officers that aroused strong democratic opposition | |
| 222196375 | Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom | Legislation passed by an alliance of Jefferson and the Baptists that disestablished the Anglican church | |
| 222196376 | Articles of Confederation | Document of 1781, first written government of the US, that was put out of business by the Constitution | |
| 222196377 | Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | Created for the Northwest Territory , legislation that provided for the orderly transformation of western territories into states. | |
| 222196378 | Benjamin Franklin | Elder statesman who lent his prestige to the Constitutional Convention and promoted the "Great Compromise" | |
| 222196379 | Daniel Shays | A Revolutionary war veteran who led poor farmers in a revolt that failed but had far-reaching consequences | |
| 222196380 | George Washington | Unanimously elected chairman of the secret convention of "demi gods" = Constitutional Convention | |
| 222196381 | James Madison | "The father of the Constitution" and author of Federalist No. 10 | |
| 222196382 | federalists | Wealthy conservatives devoted to republicanism who engineered a nonviolent political transformation | |
| 222196383 | antifederalist | Group that failed to block the central government they feared but did force the promise of a bill of rights | |
| 222196384 | Patrick Henry | Virginia antifederalist leader who thought the Constitution spelled the end of liberty and equality | |
| 222196385 | Alexander Hamilton | Young New Yorker who argued eloquently for the Constitution even though he favored an even stronger central government | |
| 222196386 | John Jay | Frustrated foreign affairs secretary under the Articles; one of the three authors of The Federalist | |
| 222196387 | Massachusetts | First of key states where federalists won by a narrow margin over the opposition of antifederalist Sam Adams | |
| 222196388 | New York | The only state to allow a direct vote on the Constitution |
