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| 91773318 | Among the important changes brought about by the American Revolution was | the increasing separation of church and state | |
| 91773319 | A major new political innovation that emerged in the Revolutionary era was | the idea of a written constitutuion drafted by a convention and ratified by direct vote of the people | |
| 91773320 | Despite the Revolutions emphasis on human rights and equality, the founding fathers failed to abolish slavery because | of their political fear that a fight over slavery would destroy fragile national unity | |
| 91773321 | The ideal of "republican motherhood" that emerged from the American Revolution held that | women had a special responsibility to cultivate the civic virtues of republicanism in their children | |
| 91773322 | In the new state constitutions written after the Revolution, the most powerful branch of government was | a legislative branch | |
| 91773323 | One way that American independence actually harmed the nations economic fortunes was by | cutting off American trade with the British empire | |
| 91773324 | Attempts to establish strong governments in post-Revolutionary America were seriously hindered by | the revolutionary ideology that preached natural rights and suspicion of all governmental authority | |
| 91773325 | The primary political obstacle to the formation of the first American government under the Articles of Confederation was | disputes among the jealous states over control of western lands | |
| 91773326 | The greatest weakness of the government under the Articles of Confederation was that | it had no power to regulate commerce or collect taxes from the sovereign states | |
| 91773327 | The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provided that | after sufficient population growth, western territories could be organized and then join the union as states | |
| 91773328 | Shays Rebellion contributed to the movement for a new constitution by | raising the fear of anarchy and disorder among wealthy conservatives | |
| 91773329 | Besides George Washington, the most influential figures in the constitutional convention included | Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton | |
| 91773330 | The "Great Compromise" in the constitutional convention provided that | there would be representation by population in the house of representaives but equal representation of all states in the senate | |
| 91773331 | Antifederalists generally found their greatest support among | the poorer debtors and farmers | |
| 91773332 | The crucial federalists successes in the fight for ratification occurred in the states of | Massachusetts, Virginia, and New York | |
| 91773333 | Protestant Episcopal | new name for the Anglican church after it was disestablished and de-anglicized in Virginia and elsewhere | |
| 91773334 | Republican Motherhood | the idea that American women had a special responsibility to cultivate civic virtue in their children | |
| 91773335 | Constitutional convention | a type of special assembly, originally developed in Massachusetts , for drawing up a fundamental law that would be superior to ordinary law | |
| 91773336 | Articles of Confederation | The first constitutional government of the united states | |
| 91773337 | Old Northwest | the territory north of the ohio and east of the mississippi governed by the acts of 1785 and 1797 | |
| 91773338 | Sections | one-square mile areas, thirty six of which composed a township, with one area set aside for the support of schools | |
| 91773339 | Temporary | the status of a western area under the Northwest Ordinance after it established an organized government but before it became a state | |
| 91773340 | Shays Revolution | a failed revolt in 1786 by poor debtor farmers that raised fears of mobocracy | |
| 91773341 | Large State plan | the plan proposed by Virginia (Randolph) at the constitutional convention for a bicameral legislature with representation based on population | |
| 91773342 | Small state plan | the plan proposed by new jeresy (william patterson) for a unicameral legislature with equal representation of states regardless of size aand population | |
| 91773343 | 3/5ths compromise | the compromise between north and south that resulted in each slave being counted as 60 percent of a free person for purposes of representation | |
| 91773344 | anti-federalists | the opponents of the constitution who argued against creating such a strong central government | |
| 91773345 | the federalist | a masterly series of pro-constitution articles printed in new york by Jay, Madison, and Hamiltion | |
| 91773346 | President | the offical under the new constitution who would be commander in cheif of the armed forces, appoint judges and other officals, and have the power to veto legislation | |
| 91773347 | Bill of rights | a list of guarantees that federalists promised to add to the constitution in order to win ratification | |
| 91896970 | Society of Cincinnati | an exclusive order of military officers that aroused strong democratic opposition | |
| 91896971 | Virginia statue for religious freedom | legislation passed by an alliance of jefferson and the baptists that disestablished the anglican church | |
| 91896972 | Articles of confederation | document of 1781 that was put out of buisness by the constitution | |
| 91896973 | Northwest ordinance of 1787 | legislation that provided for the orderly transformation of the western territories into states | |
| 91896974 | Dey of algiers | north african leader who took advantage of the weakness of the articles of confederation to attack american shipping | |
| 91896975 | Daniel Shays | war veteran who led poor farmers in a revolt that failed but had far reaching consequences | |
| 91896976 | George Washington | unanimously elected chairman of the secret convention of demi-gods | |
| 91896977 | James Madison | father of the constitution and author of Federalist No. 10 | |
| 91896978 | Federalists | wealthy conservatives devoted to republicanism who engineered a nonviolent political transformation | |
| 91896979 | Antifederalists | group that failed to block the central government they feared but did not force the promise of a bill of rights | |
| 91896980 | Patrick Henry | virginia antigederalist leader who thought the constitution spelled the end of liberty and equality | |
| 91896981 | Alexander Hamilton | young new yorker who argued eloquently for the constitution even though he favored an even stronger central government | |
| 91896982 | John Jay | frustrated foreign affairs secretary under the articles; one of the three authors of The Federalist | |
| 91896983 | Massachusetts | first of key states where federalists won by a narrow margin over the opposition of antideferalist Sam Adams | |
| 91896984 | New York | the only state to allow a direct vote on the Constitution | |
| 91896985 | The American revolution | brought about somewhat greater social and economic equality and the virtual end of slavery in the north | |
| 91896986 | Agreement among states to give up western land claims | made possible the approval of the articles of confederation and the passage of two important laws governing western lands | |
| 91896987 | The weakness of the articles of confederation | nearly bankrupted the national government and invited assaults on American interests by foreign powers | |
| 91896988 | Shays rebellion | scared conservatives and made them determined to strengthen the central government agaaisnt debtors | |
| 91896989 | The conflict in the constitution convention between large and small states | forced the adoption of the great compromise which required a bicameral legislature with two different bases of representation | |
| 91896990 | The north-south conflicy in the constitutional convention over counting slaves for representation | forced acceotance of the three fiths compromise counting each slave as 3/5ths of a person for purpose of representation | |
| 91896991 | A meeting in Annapolis to discuss revising the Articles of Confederation | issued a call to congress for a special convention to revise the Articles | |
| 91896992 | Antifederalist fears that the Constitution would destroy liberties | made federalists promise to add a bill of rights to the Constitution | |
| 91896993 | The Federalist and fears that New York would be left out of the union | finally brought New York to ratify the Constitution by a narrow margin | |
| 91896994 | The disestablishment of the Anglican church | laid the basis for the virginia statute for religious freedom |
