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Chapter 5: A More Perfect Union
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- 1Wilderness Roadopened Kentucky to settlement
- 2State Governmentsare republics and have the most power during the Revolution
- 3National Governmentwas also to be a republic
- 4What was the fear of the National Government?Strong national government because of experience with Britain.
- 5Second Continental Congress (1776)created the articles of confederation as our first national government.
- 6Articles of Confederation (1777)the year they were introduced
- 7National powersmaking laws, signing treaties, and each state had one vote in congress.
- 8Moneythe National Government could not pass taxes.
- 9Western Landshad to be turned over to the National government before the small states would sign the articles.
- 10Land Ordinance of 1785divided Northwest territory into townships that were 6 miles by 6 miles
- 11Northwest Ordinance of 1787said how the territory would be turned into states.
- 12Importance of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.it helped with the orderly growth of the nation.
- 13Annapolis Convention (1786)was called to work on trade laws
- 14Purpose of the Annapolis Convention (1786)to discuss amending the articles.
- 15Shay's Rebellion (Jan., 1787)an illegal upraising against the government and taxes that farmers thought were unjust.
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- Chapter 5 the hard chapter. :-(
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- Avery Mansmann · Oct 2019
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- Oct 22, 2019
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