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Syd/May History
Unit 3 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Articles of Confederation | The first government in the United Staes with a weak central government and strong state government. |
| Shay's Rebellion | Daniel Shays was a Massachusetts farmer who, like other farmers at the time, was frustrated with his inability to pay off high debts on his farm. Shay organized a group of farmers to protest the Massachusetts government. The national government had no aut |
| Northwest Oridinance of 1787 | create a government for the territory and establish a path to statehood.territory spanned the area northwest of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River. |
| Consitutional Convention | meetings that took place during 1787 to create the Constitution.establishing the legislative branch of the federal government and determining how many representatives each state would have in the legislature. |
| Virginia Plan | a proposal that Edmund Randolph of Virginia offered called for two houses in the legislature, with the number of representatives in those houses to be determined by each state’s population or wealth. |
| New Jersey Plab | a proposal that William Paterson of New Jersey offeredfor a single house in the legislature and for each state to have one vote. This idea of equal representation would give small states like New Jersey as much power as the large states |
| Congress | the legislative branch of the U.S. government, the branch that makes laws. |
| Bicamaeral | means it is made up of two houses. |
| Senate | an assembly of citizens that meets to pass laws for a nation or society. |
| House of Representatives | has 435 members. The number of representatives a state has in the House is based on the size of its population. One of the 2 houses of congress. |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | a compromise between the Northern states and Southern states that was made at the Constitutional Convention.agreeing that three-fifths of all enslaved people would be counted toward a state’s population for representation. |
| Federalist and Anti-Federalist | Two opposing groups during the Constiutional Convention that differed in opinions of the structure and powerof government. |
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