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Protestant Episcopal Church

New name for the Anglican church after it was disestablished and de-Anglicized in Virginia and elsewhere

republican motherhood

The idea that American women had a special responsibility to cultivate "civic virtue" in their children

constitutional convention

A type of special assembly, originally developed in Massachusetts, for drawing up a fundamental law that would be superior to ordinary law

Articles of Confederation

The first constitutional government of the United States

Original American governmental charter of 178 that put out of business by the Constitution

Old Northwest

The territory north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi governed by the acts of 1785 and 1787

township

In the new Northwest territories, six-mile by six-mile square areas consisting of thirty-six sections, one of which was set aside for public schools

territory

The status of a western area under the Northwest Ordinance after it established an organized government but before it became a state

Shays' Rebellion

A failed revolt in 1786 by poor debtor farmers that raised fears of "mobocracy."

Virginia Plan

The large-state plan proposed by Virginia at the Constitutional Convention for a bicameral legislature with representation based on population

New Jersey Plan

The small-state plan proposed by New Jersey for a unicameral legislature with equal Representation of states regardless of size population

three-fifths compromise

a compromise that counted slaves as ⅗ of a person

antifederalist

The opponents of the Constitution who argued against creating such a strong central government but did force the promise of a bill of rights

The Federalist Papers

A masterly series of pro-constitution articles printed in New York by Jay, Madison, and Hamilton

president

The official under the new Constitution who would be commander-in-chief of the armed forces, appoint judges and other officials, and have the power to veto legislation

Bill of Rights

A list of guarantees that federalists promised to add to the Constitution in order to win ratification

Society of the Cincinnati

An exclusive order of military officers that aroused strong democratic opposition

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Legislation passed by an alliance of Jefferson and the Baptists that disestablished the Anglican Church

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Legislation that provided for the orderly transformation of western territories into states

Benjamin Franklin

Elder statesman who lent his prestige to the Constitutional Convention and promoted the "Great Compromise"

Daniel Shays

Revolutionary war veteran who led poor farmers in a revolt that failed but had far-reaching consequences

George Washington

Unanimously elected chairman of the secret convention of "demi-gods"

James Madison

Father of the Constitution and author of Federalist No. 10

Federalists

Wealthy conservatives devoted to republicanism who engineered a nonviolent political transformation

Patrick Henry

Virginia anti-federalist leader who thought the
Constitution spelled the end of liberty and equality

Alexander Hamilton

Young New Yorker who argued eloquently for the
Constitution even though he favored a still stronger central government

John Jay

Frustrated foreign affairs secretary under the Articles;one of the three authors of The Federalist

Samuel Adams

Leading Massachusetts radical during the American Revolution who led the opposition to the Constitution in his state in 1787