The Country's First Government

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What is a constitution?

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A detailed, written plan for government

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What does bicameral mean?

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Divided into two parts, or houses

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What is a confederation?

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A group that comes together for a common purpose

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What were the Articles of Confederation?

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The first plan of government for the United States

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What does it mean to ratify something?

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To approve

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What is an ordinance?

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A law

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What was the Ordinance of 1785?

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A law that set rules for surveying and selling land in the Northwest Territory

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What was the Northwest Ordinance?

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A law that set rules for governing the new territory

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What is an impact?

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An effect

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What was Shays’s Rebellion?

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An armed uprising in which farmers attacked a federal building in Massachusetts