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- 3. System of government in which power is shared between the states and federal government.
- 4. Served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain.
- 5. 1786 uprising in Massachusetts of 1500 farmers led by Daniel Shays, who were protesting unfair land taxes and an unresponsive government.
- 7. People who supported the Constitution.
- 12. Essays written by Federalists urging ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
- 15. Determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation.
- 16. Area of land north of the Ohio River and included the current states of Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and a chunk of Minnesota.
- 17. Plan proposed a government that would have three branches (judicial, legislative, & executive) and two houses.
- 18. Trail built by Daniel Boone that served as the pathway to the western United States for over 300,000 settlers.
- 19. Described how the Northwest Territory was to be governed.
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- 1. Established the United States legislature as a bicameral, or two-house law-making body (Senate & House of Representatives).
- 2. Virginia delegate of the Constitutional Convention who refused to sign the Constitution until a bill of rights was added.
- 6. People who opposed the Constitution.
- 8. The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution.
- 9. Divided the Northwest Territory into townships.
- 10. Was a convention of delegates from all the states except Rhode Island that met in Philadelphia, PA, in May of 1787.
- 11. Plan called for a legislature with only one house, and each state only one vote.
- 13. Was known as the "Father of the Constitution."
- 14. In this form of government people choose representatives to govern them.