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Society of the Cincinnati
- A hereditary organization that had former officers in the Continental Army who didn't like pretentiousness.
disestablished
- The separation of an official state church from the connection of the government. After the war all states disestablished the Anglican Church.
Virginia Statute for Rebellious Freedom
- Law made by Virginia legislature that stopped state support for religious institutions and to recognize freedom of worship.
civic virtue
- The willingness by the citizens to give up personal self-interest for the public good.
republican motherhood
- The idea of family organization that supported the role of women guiding their family toward republican virtue.
Articles of Confederation
- The First American Constitution that established the U.S. as a loose confederation of states with a weak Congress and that it didn't have the power to regulate commerce or collect taxes.
Old Northwest
- Land aquired by the federal government that was northwest of the Ohio River, east of the Mississippi, and south of the Great Lakes.
Land Ordinance of 1785
- Allowed the selling of land in the Old Northwest and the revenue went to paying the national debt.
Northwest Ordinance
- Policy for administering the land in Old Northwest, paved a way to statehood, and prohibited the expansion of slavery i
Shays's Rebellion
- An uprising of Massachusetts debtors, mainly small farmers, that wanted lower taxes and an end to property foreclosures.
Virginia Plan
- Proposal for the new constitution for proportional representation in both states, which favored larger states.
New Jersey Plan
- Proposed equal representation by state, no matter the population.
Great Compromise
- Combination of both the New Jersey and Virginia Plan giving proportional representation in the House and equal representation in the Senate.
common law
- The laws that came from court rulings not the legislative statutes.
civil law
- Laws that came from legislative statutes or constitutional provisions.
three-fifths compromise
- Law saying that slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person when talking about taxes and representation.
antifederalists
- People who were against the 1787 Constitution saying it was antidemocratic, didn't like subordination of the states to the government, feared the encroachment of individuals' liberties.
federalists
- Supporters of the 1787 Constitution that wanted a strong national government and said that checks and balances would keep the people's liberties.
The Federalist
- Essays written by John jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton which laid out the Federalists' arguments.