ch 5 vocab
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- amendment
- official changes in government
- daniel shays
- war veteran led hundreds of men in forced shut down of the supreme court
- federalism
- sharing power between central government and states that make up a country ment an
- december 1791
- bill of rights
- inflation
- increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced money value
- Edman Randoff
- virginia plan
- november 15 1777
- articled of confederation
- shays rebellion
- farmers protesting of high taxes and heavy debt
- tariff
- tax on imports and exports
- may 1787
- constitutional convention
- articles of confederation
- document that created the first central government for the US
- checks and balances
- keeps and branch of government from being to powerful: limits power
- popular sovereighty
- idea that political authority belongs to the people
- constitution
- set of basic principals that determines the powers and duties of government
- authors of federalists papers
- john jay, alexander hamilton, james madison
- bill of rights
- 10 of the proposed amendments intended to protect citizen's rights
- antifederalist
- people who oppose the constitution
- impeach
- remove public officer for crime or miss conduct
- William Patterson
- new jersey paln
- Roger Sherman
- connecticut; composed a compromise plan
- federalist papers
- essays supporting the constitution written anonymously
- 3/5 compromise
- under this agreement only 3/5 of the states slave population would count when determining representation
- federalist
- supporters of the constitution
- constitutional convention
- government met in Philadelphia's independence hall to improve the articles of confederation
- northwest oridence
- legislation passed by congress to establish a political structure for the northwest territory created system for addmission of new states
- 1787
- northwest orridence
- ratification
- official approval
- unconstitutional
- to strike down any law that violates the constitution
- suffrage
- voting rights
- great compromise
- agreement to crete a two house legislature