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- 1Articles of Confederationthe first written plan of government for the United States. A confederation is an association of states that cooperate for a common purpose.
- 2committedto agree or pledge to support someone or something
- 3Constitutional Conventiona meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution
- 4constitutionsa written plan that provides the basic framework of a government
- 5contradictiona difference between two statements or situations that means they cannot both be true
- 6Electoral Collegethe group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.
- 7Enlightenmentcard Enlightenment the “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe. Enlightenment thinkers emphasized using rational thought to discover truths about nature and society.
- 8FrameworkA basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan
- 9Great Compromisethe plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress. In the House of Representatives, representation from each state is based on state population. In the Senate, each state is represented by two senators.
- 10Liberalsupporting ideas of freedom, change, and progress
- 11Northwest Ordinancea law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed
- 12Northwest Territorya region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes. The region was given to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
- 13ratifyto formally approve a plan or an agreement. The process of approval is called ratification.
- 14republica country governed by elected representatives
- 15The Federalist Papersa series of essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in support of the ratification of the Constitution by the states
- 16Three- Fifths Compromisean agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state’s population for representation in the House of Representatives
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