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| 3051288041 | Abigail Adams | Wife of John Adams. During the Revolutionary War, she wrote letters to her husband describing life on the homefront. She urged her husband to remember America's women in the new government he was helping to create. | 0 | |
| 3051288042 | Daniel Shays | A captain veteran of the Revolutionary War, He led impoverished back country farmers to rebellion in Massachusetts. The rebellion stressed the importance of a strong central government. | 1 | |
| 3051288043 | Alexander Hamilton | 1789-1795; First Secretary of the Treasury. He advocated creation of a national bank, assumption of state debts by the federal government, and a tariff system to pay off the national debt. | 2 | |
| 3051288044 | James Madison | "Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States. | 3 | |
| 3051288045 | Thomas Jefferson | He was a delegate from Virginia at the Second Continental Congress and wrote the Declaration of Independence. He later served as the third President of the United States. | 4 | |
| 3051288046 | primogenture | these were laws that decreed that only the eldest sons were eligible to inherit landed estates. Ambitious younger sons were forced to seek their fortunes elsewhere, such as on the seas | 5 | |
| 3051288047 | checks and balances | A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power | 6 | |
| 3051288048 | sovereignty | Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states. | 7 | |
| 3051288049 | mobocracy | Lawless control of public affairs by the mob or populace. | 8 | |
| 3051288050 | consent of the governed | The idea that government derives its authority by sanction of the people. | 9 | |
| 3051288051 | republicanism | A philosophy of limited government with elected representatives serving at the will of the people. The government is based on consent of the governed. | 10 | |
| 3051288052 | states' rights | According to the compact theory of the Union the states retained all powers not specifically delegated to the central government by the Constitution. | 11 | |
| 3051288053 | popular sovereignty | A belief that ultimate power resides in the people. | 12 | |
| 3051288054 | confederation | A form of an international organization that brings several autonomous states together for a common purpose. | 13 | |
| 3051288055 | anarchy | Absence of law or government; chaos, disorder | 14 | |
| 3051288056 | Republican motherhood | The idea that American women had a special responsibility to cultivate "civic virtue" in their children | 15 | |
| 3051288057 | loose confederation | The structure of political parties can best be described as a "stratarchy," or a _____. | 16 | |
| 3051288058 | civic virtue | The dedication of citizens to the common welfare of their community or country, even at the cost of their individual interests | 17 | |
| 3051288059 | nonimportation agreement | Agreements not to import goods from Great Britain. They were designed to put pressure on the British economy and force the repeal of unpopular parliamentary acts. | 18 | |
| 3051288060 | ratification | Formal approval, final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty | 19 | |
| 3051288061 | constitutional convention | its purpose was to revise the articles of confederation but they made a whole new government | 20 | |
| 3051288062 | Society of Cincinnati | A splinter group that wanted to take over the government; George Washington refused. A society established by former officers of the Revolutionary war as a sort of aristocracy in which traditionalism and social status was important. | 21 | |
| 3051288063 | Great 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 | 22 | |
| 3051288064 | Articles of Confederation | 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade) | 23 | |
| 3051288065 | Electoral College | A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president | 24 | |
| 3051288066 | Land Ordinance of 1785 | A law that divided much of the United States into a system of townships to facilitate the sale of land to settlers. | 25 | |
| 3051288067 | three-fifths compromise | Agreement that each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in determining representation in the House for representation and taxation purposes (negated by the 13th amendment) | 26 | |
| 3051288068 | Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | Created the Northwest Territory (area north of the Ohio River and west of Pennsylvania), established conditions for self-government and statehood, included a Bill of Rights, and permanently prohibited slavery | 27 | |
| 3051288069 | antifederalist | A person who opposed the adoption of the United States Constitution. | 28 | |
| 3051288070 | Shay's 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. | 29 | |
| 3051288071 | Federalists | A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures. | 30 | |
| 3051288072 | large-state plan | The plan proposed by Virginia at the constitutional Convention for a bicameral legislature with representation based on population | 31 | |
| 3051288073 | Constitution of the United States | The document which established the present federal government of the United States and outlined its powers. It can be changed through amendments. Written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states | 32 | |
| 3051288074 | The Federalist Papers | Essays promoting ratification of the Constitution, published anonymously by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison in 1787 and 1788. | 33 | |
| 3051288075 | bundle of compromises | delegates wanted a federal government; the debate was over points such as: details of the structure of congress, the method by which the president is chosen, the limits that should be put on several powers in the new central government. | 34 | |
| 3051288076 | Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom | This disestablished the Church of England in Virginia and guaranteed freedom of religion to people of all religious faiths, including Catholics and Jews as well as members of all Protestant denominations. | 35 | |
| 3051288077 | Continental Congress | The legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution. | 36 |
