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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
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