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- republic
- a type of government where the head of state is elected and the people hold political power
- debtors
- people who owe money
- tariffs
- British enforced taxes on imports and exports
- Enlightment
- believers had a faith in human goodness and reason
- Shay's Rebellion
- angry farmers revolted in Massachusetts, since there was no paper money in the state, farmers were required to pay taxes with siver or gold, debtors were being forced to sell their property to settle their debts, state troops defeated them
- English Bill of rights
- legislation that limited powers of monarchy and gave Parliament supreme legal power
- Northwest Territory
- included a large area that was starting to be settled
- creditors
- people who lend money
- Northwest Ordinance of 1787
- Congress passed this to give political structure to the region being settled (banned slavery, gave bill of rights, required public education)
- problems with interational trade
- Britain would ot turn over their forts and closed some ports, Spain closed the lower Mississippi River to trade , all of this hurt trade to british west indies
- Land Ordinance of 1785
- Congress passed this to control Western lands. This called for surveys and described how the land would be divied and sold
- Annapolis convention
- called to improve the articles of confederation- not successful only 5 out of 13 colonies attended
- interstate commerce
- rade conducted between two or more states, national government had no power
- Articles of Confederation
- created a central government to govern the 13 colonies, each state had representation, did not give Congress power to make states provide an army
- Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
- Thomas Jefferson's ideas were basis for legislation that gave religious fredom to people
- july 1776
- year American colonies declared independence from Britain
- natural rights
- responsibility of goverment to protect people's rights, such as, religious liberty and equality
- powers of new government
- Confederation Congress with each having one vote, Congress could make and borrow money, negotiate treaties
- ratification
- formal approval of legislation
- Magna Carta
- Law English wrote to limit powers of monarchy and created contract between lords and monarchy
- depression
- steep drop in economis activity
- constitution
- a set of basic principles and laws that determine the power and duties of the government
- suffrage
- votig rights , white men were allowed to vote and freed Afican American men and women but took it away later
- Second Continental Congress
- meeting of colonial delegates in Philidelphia
- Constitutional Convention
- 12 states repesented, held to revise articles of Confederation, George washington made President of convention
- Bill of Rights
- document describing the individual rights that a government promises it's citizens