Under the Land Ordinance of 1785, sections 8, 11, 26, and 29 were set aside for this
Federalist were ____ the ratification of the Constitution
_____Carta, gave English noblemen some rights, influenced the writers of the Constitution
Father of the Constitution
First state to ratify the Constitution
Group which decides if laws have been carried out fairly and legally
Yes or No...New York and New Hampshire fought over who owned Vermont
One weakness of the Articles of Confederation is that the national government could not force the states to pay a ________
Type of government the Constitution established
Under the Land Ordinance of 1785, section ___teen was set aside for education
Virginia was the last state to ____ their western lands
Document that sets out the laws, principles and organization of a government (sometimes called a "living document" because it can be amended
This was the most respected American to attend to Constitutional Convention
Virginia had this in their State Constitution, it was then copied by many other states before becoming the First Ten Amendments
Philosopher who wrote about separation of powers
Settlement in which each side gives up some of its demands in order to reach an agreement
Group of people who have the power to make laws
Period of slow economic activity
House of Representatives was considered this
Separate parts of anything written
The Constitution begins with the phrase "___ the people, in order to form a more perfect union."
British Philosopher who influenced the writers of the Constitution
Under the Northwest Ordinance, new states would be _____ in size to existing states
In the Northwest Territory, states could not tax people who traveled on rivers; they could travel for _____
One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that their was no national ________ to help protect states
The Northwest Territory was carved into the states of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and ___
Yes or No. Under the Articles of Confederation, states were printing their own money, there was no national army and Congress could not require that states pay taxes
Yes or No- State Legislatures and Congress cannot propose amendments to the Constitution