CHAPTER 5 KEY TERMS

A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government

CONSTITUTION

Congress was the single branch of government with limited powers in order to protect the rights of the people.

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

An area that is now Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin

NORTHWEST TERRITORY

Trade between two or more states

INTERSTATE COMMERCE

This occurs when there are increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money.

INFLATION

The uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt. Led by Massachusetts farmer, Daniel Shays

SHAYS’S REBELLION

Held in May 1787 in Philadelphia's Independence Hall to improve the Articles of Confederation

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

The agreement to create a two-house legislature.Compromise between the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan

GREAT COMPROMISE

An agreement which stated that only three-fifths of the state’s slave population would count when determining representation

THREE-FIFTHS COMPROMISE

The idea that political power belongs to the people

POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

People who opposed the Constitution

ANTIFEDERALISTS

Supporters of the Constitution

FEDERALISTS

The sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country

FEDERALISM

A document signed by King John in 1215 which made the King subject to the law

MAGNA CARTA

The right to voteSUFFRAGE

Official approval

RATIFICATION

Taxes on imports or exports

TARIFFS