________ sacrifices- Fewer goods, higher prices, more sacrifice.
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Thomas Jefferson
________- Rural Americans are key citizens.
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House of Representatives
________- Representatives based on population.
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Republic
A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch
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American Dream
The widespread aspiration of Americans to live better than their parents did
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Yeoman Farmers
Owned his own modest farm and worked it primarily with family labor, representing the republican visions of the new nation
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Critical Period
A time right after the American Revolution where the future of the newly formed nation was in the balance
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Articles of Confederation
A written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states; it provided a legal symbol of their union by giving the central government no coercive power over the states or their citizens
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Order of the Cincinnati
The nation's oldest patriotic organization, founded in 1783 by officers of the Continental Army who served together in the American Revolution
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Land and Northwest Ordinance
Established a government for the Northwest Territory, outlined the process for admitting a new state to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be equal to the original thirteen states
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Penitentiary
A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
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Republican Motherhood
The ideology representing women's roles in the time before, during, and after the American Revolution
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Tariffs
A tax imposed by the government of a country or by a supranational union on imports or exports of goods
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Shays' Rebellion
An armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades
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Constitutional Convention
The convention of United States statesmen who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787
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James Madison
An American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817
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Constitution
The supreme law of the United States of America
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New Jersey Plan
Designed to protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in Congress, as under the Articles of Confederation
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Virginia Plan
A proposal to the United States Constitutional Convention for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature
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Enumerated Powers
The powers granted to the Federal government, and specifically Congress, which are mostly listed in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
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Checks and Balances
Counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups
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The Great Compromise
An agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have under the United States Constitution
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Three-Fifths Compromise
Three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives
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