IB History of Americas, AP US History, IBHOA, APUSH, bolded words
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| 1805490593 | Society of the Cincinnati | Exclusive, hereditary organization of former officers in the Continental Army | 0 | |
| 1805490594 | Disestablished | To separate an official state church from its connection with the government | 1 | |
| 1805490595 | Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom | enacted by the Virginia legislature, prohibited state support for religious institutions and recognizing freedom of worship. Served as a model for the religion clause of the first amendment to the Constitution. | 2 | |
| 1805490596 | Civic Virtue | Willingness on the part of citizens to sacrifice personal self-interest for the public good | 3 | |
| 1805490597 | "Republican Motherhood" | Ideal that emerged from the American Revolution that held that women had a responsibility cultivate the civic virtues of republicanism in their children | 4 | |
| 1805490598 | Articles of Confederation | First American constitution that established the United States, a loose confederation of states under a weak national Congress not granted the power to regulate commerce or collect taxes | 5 | |
| 1805490599 | Old Northwest | Territories acquired by the federal government from the states: land northwest of the Ohio River, east of the Mississippi River and south of the Great Lakes | 6 | |
| 1805490600 | Land Ordinance of 1785 | Provided for the sale of land in the Old Northwest, earmarked proceeds toward repaying the national debt. | 7 | |
| 1805490601 | Northwest Ordinance | Created a policy for administering the Northwest Territories, included a path to statehood and forbade the expansion of slavery into the territories. | 8 | |
| 1805490602 | Shay's Rebellion | Armed uprising of western Massachusetts debtors seeking lower taxes and an end to property foreclosures, inspired fears of "mob rule" among leading Revolutionaries | 9 | |
| 1805490603 | Virginia Plan | Favored making the representation of both congress and house of representatives based on population of the state | 10 | |
| 1805490604 | New Jersey Plan | Favored making the representation of both congress and house of representatives a flat number no matter what the population of the state is | 11 | |
| 1805490605 | Great Compromise | Combined Virginia and New Jersey plans giving states equal representation in the senate and representation based on population in the house | 12 | |
| 1805490606 | Common Law | Laws that originate from court rulings and customs, as opposed to legislative statutes | 13 | |
| 1805490607 | Civil Law | Body of written law enacted through legislative statutes or constitutional provisions | 14 | |
| 1805490608 | 3/5 compromise | Determined that each slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person for the purpose of apportioning taxes and representation | 15 | |
| 1805490609 | Anti-federalists | Those who appose a strong federal government (weak federal government in which most affairs ate taken care of by the individual states) | 16 | |
| 1805490610 | Federalists | Those who are for a strong federal government | 17 | |
| 1805490611 | "The Federalist" | Collection of essays written by John Jay, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton and published during the ratification debate in New York to lay out the Federalists' arguments in favor of the new Constitution. | 18 |
