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Articles of Confederation
An agreement between all the thirteen colonies that etablished a country and was known to be the U.S first constitution -
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Articles of Confederation to Constitution
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Shays' Rebellion
an armed uprisisng taking place in Massachusetts for one year debating over the Articles of Confederation -
Annapolis Convention
a meeting in Maryland with 12 delegates from 5 states that later on called for a constitutional convention -
Virginia Plan
15 resolutions that the government is based on three principles
1: a strong legislature with 2 chambers
2: a strong national executive chosen by national legislature
3: a national judiciary appointed by legislature -
New Jersey Plan
called for government based on Articles of Confederation- a unicameral legislature -
Three- Fifths Comprimise
comprimise between North and South that 3/5 of the poplutaion of slaves would be counted for represntation -
Northwest Ordinance
was the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States -
Constitution
The supreme law of the U.S.A and it established seperate powers of three branches and guides America's society in law and political culture