USConstitutionMrMendoza

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Became the first form of government in America in 1781

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Articles of Confederation (AOC)

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Created a plan for the orderly addition of states to the Union

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Northwest Ordinance

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After the American Revolution, Farms were damaged in the south and trading with other countries slowed, as a result

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Farmers could not pay taxes and states took farmers land away

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Who led a rebellion with other farmers (who wanted their land back) by marching outside of courthouses?

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Daniel Shay

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In 1787, our founding fathers met in Philadelphia to revise the AOC, what is the name of the Convention?

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Constitutional Convention

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The________________ is the compromise between the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan, big states and small states, representation

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Great Compromise

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Northerners and southerners agreed to have 3 out of every 5 slaves count towards a states population.

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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limited the Kings
power and gave
citizens the right to a
trial by jury

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Magna Carta

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protected certain rights of citizens from the government.

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English Bill of Rights

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claimed if a government did not fulfil its purpose of protecting individual’s freedoms, the citizens had the right to overthrow it. Unalienable Rights

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John Locke