Legislation passed by Congress to establish a political structure for the lands in the Northwest Territory.
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Uprising of Massachusetts's farmers, led by Daniel Shays, to protest high taxes, heavy debt, and farm forclosures.
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Document approved in 1777 that created a limited central government for the US; was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
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People who were opposed to the ratification of the Constitution.
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First 10 ammendments to the US Constitution, which were ratified in 1791.
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Agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention establishing that a state's population would determine representation in the lower house of the legislature, while each state
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People who supported the ratification of the Constitution.
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Proposal to create a unicameral government; rejected at the Constitutional Convention.
Unicameralism is the practice of having one legislative or parliamentary chamber.
Plan for government in which the national government would have three branches-executive, judicial, and legislative; representation in the legislature would be determined by state.
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Agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention that said three fifths of all slaves in each state should be counted as part of the state's population for determining represe
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