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| 85610410 | Society of the Cincinnati | A secret society formed by officers of the Continental Army. The group was named for George Washington, whose nickname was Cincinnatus, although Washington himself had no involvement in the society. | |
| 85610412 | primogeniture | med evil concept of seniority by birth; state of being the first-born child; right of the eldest child (to inherit the entire property of one or both parents) began to dissipate in the 1800's | |
| 85618241 | Congregational Church | A church grown out of the Puritan church, was established in all New England colonies but Rhode Island. It was based on the belief that individual churches should govern themselves Became more popular than English Anglican church | |
| 85618242 | Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom | written in 1776 by Jefferson and Madison. Argued that the concept of compulsory religion is wrong, no forced religious worship or ministry and no discrimination on account of his opinions or belief but free to believe what they wish, and that these rights were natural rights of mankind. | |
| 85618243 | Quakers | In 1775 made the 1st antislavery society | |
| 85618244 | Continental Congress | 1775 called for a complete abolish of the slave trade but no states south of Pennsylvania abolished slavery and the overall law for blacks everywhere was harsh | |
| 85618245 | James Madison | wrote in 1778 "Great as the evil (slavery) is a dismemberment of the union would be worse" | |
| 85641108 | Civic Virtue | notion that democracy depended on unselfish commitment to the public good | |
| 85641109 | Republican Motherhood | it elevated women as keepers of the national conscience because they were entrusted with the moral education of the young (cited that the idea of a mother is the best example or model of republican behavior) | |
| 85641110 | Continental congress | Called for a republic where states govern | |
| 85657622 | New Jersey's 1776 Constitution | Gave women the right to vote for a time | |
| 85657623 | Articles of Confederation | a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states, this document, the nations first constitution, was adopted by the second continental congress in 1781during the revolution. the document was limited because states held most of the power, and congress lacked the power to tax, regulate trade, or control coinage | |
| 85657624 | constitutional Convention | meeting of delegates in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation, which produced the new U.S. Constitution | |
| 85657625 | fundamental law | Laws of basic and lasting importance which may not easily be changed. | |
| 85666261 | the land ordinance of 1785 | Directed surveying of the Northwest Territory into townships of thirty-six sections (square miles) each, the sale of the sixteenth section of which was to used to finance public education | |
| 85666262 | the northwest ordinance of 1787 | Laid down the requirements for a territory to become a state | |
| 85666263 | house of representative | the number of representatives would be based on the state population. | |
| 85666264 | senate | upper house of the legislature, each state elects two | |
| 85666265 | executive branch | the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws | |
| 85666266 | electoral college | the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice-president |
