Chapter 7 Quiz

Antifederalists

A school of thought fighting the idea of strengthening the national government at the expense of local authority/ opponents of the Constitution

electoral college

a method for choosing the president by representatives in each state choosing one candidate

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

Thomas Jefferson

Drafted the

Loyalist

Those who remained devoted to the British monarchical government during the Revolutionary War

Common Sense

Written by Thomas Paine in 1776 a pamphlet where he wanted America ties to Britain cut, have a brand new government and balanced representation for all social classes

lexington and concord

Shay’s Rebellion

In western Massachussets led by revolution war caption Daniel Shay shut down the courts to prevent them from collect debts

Coverture

To deny married women the right to own property

Human Equality

all people were born with certain fundamental rights

Northwest Ordinance

On 1787 which prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory( Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin)

Patent

A early form of a land title to assert land ownership