Confederation Era Vocabulary

________ means having the right to self-rule or independent government

• credit

• sovereign

• rebel

• national

________ was the 1786–1787 uprising of Massachusetts farmers in protest of high taxes

• credit

• state

• Shays's Rebellion

• The Revolutionary War

________ means to approve formally, by vote

• federal

• vote

• elect

• ratify

________ was a federal law that set up a system to allow settlers to purchase land in the undeveloped West

• The Articles of Confederation

• The U.S. Constitution

• The Ordinance of 1785

• The Northwest Ordinance 0f 1787

________ means an official law, decree, or directive

• federal

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Ordinance of 1785

• ordinance

_____ was a legislation adopted by Congress to establish stricter control over the government of the Northwest Territory

• The Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• The Ordinance of 1785

• The Articles of Confederation

• the feds

_______ is relating to a government where power is shared between the central, national government and that of states

• federal

• state

• credit

• ratify

______ means the privilege of purchasing something or borrowing money and paying the money back over time

• federal

• ratify

• credit

• national

_______ is a document that organizes a government and states its powers

• a constitution

• an ordinance

• credit

• federal

_______ is the concept of governing based on a constitution

• a constitution

• constitutionalism

• federal

• ratify