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C10. Vocab
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Plan for national government where states would keep their freedom and independence
Articles of Confederation
To approve something
Ratify
The part of the government that passes laws
Legislative Branch
The part of the government that carries out laws
Executive Branch
The part of the government that decides the meaning of laws
Judicial Branch
Happens when prices rise very quickly
Inflation
Movement by farmers to protest high taxes
Shays' Rebellion
An order that commanded tat the Northwest Territory be divided into smaller territories
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
A representative
Delegate
Assembly that replaced the Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
A plan that proposed that Congress should be given much greater power over the states
Virginia Plan
A plan that proposed that each state, regardless of size, would have the same number of
representatives in Congress
New Jersey Plan
Each side gives up something to reach an agreement
Compromise
Three out of five slaves would be counted for population and taxation
Three-Fifths Compromise
The introduction to the Constitution
Preamable
Powers in the Constitution that are left to the individual state
Reserved Powers
Each branch of the government has different and separate powers
Separation of Powers
System to guard against any one branch of the government too power
Checks and Balances
To refuse to sign into a law
Veto
Formerly nationalist group that wanted a strong national government
Federalists
Refers to the national government
Federal