FORMING A GOVERNMENT

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  1. 1. Statute for Religious Freedom, This document declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money
  2. 3. Branch, Includes the president and the departments that help run the government
  3. 5. A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government.
  4. 7. Ordinance of 1785, Land was split into townships which were 36 square miles divided into 36 lots of 640 acres
  5. 8. commerce, Trade between two or more states
  6. 9. Branch, Made up of all the national courts.
  7. 11. Mason, Opposed the Constitution and believed the guaranteeing individual rights
  8. 12. Occurs when there are increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money.
  9. 15. Must be approved by two-thirds majority of both houses of Congress and then ratified by three-fourths of the states before taking effect
  10. 16. Plan, New federal constitution that would give sovereignty or supreme power to the central government
  11. 17. Carta, A document signed by King John in 1215, made the king subject to law.
  12. 18. Papers, These essays supporting the Constitution were written by Alexander Hamilton James Madison and John Jay.
  13. 20. of Confederation, The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution.
  14. 22. Convention, Held in May 1787 in Philadelphia's Independence Hall to improve the Articles of Confederation
  15. 25. A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment
  16. 26. Rebellion, Protest high taxes and heavy debt
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  1. 2. Compromise, The agreement to make two-house legislature
  2. 4. of Rights, A living document for more than 200 years
  3. 6. The right to vote by allowing any white man who paid taxes to vote
  4. 10. People who opposed the Constitution and thought that the Constitutional Convention should not have created a new government
  5. 13. Territory, Included areas that are now Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Minnesota and Wisconsin
  6. 14. Supporters of the Constitution
  7. 19. Taxes on imports or exports.
  8. 21. and Balances, Keeps any branch from becoming too powerful
  9. 23. Jersey Plan, The plan gave each state an equal number of votes and thus an equal voice in the federal government
  10. 24. Madison, He co-wrote The Federalist Papers co-founded the Democratic-Republican Party and served as the fifth United States Secretary of State from 1801 to 1809.