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- Trade between states became difficult because they all started printing their own currency and they ____ to accept the money of other states.
- Virginia's constitution included a list of freedoms that the government promises to protect called a ______.
- Disputes among states continued and both New Hampshire and New York claimed ______.
- Under the AOC each state sent ___ delegate to Congress and had one vote. Congress could declare war, appoint military officers, coin money, operate post offices, conduct foreign affairs and sign ____.
- Congress could pass laws, but ___ out of thirteen states had to approve the law.
- The Northwest Ordinance also stated that new territories should be admitted as a _____ rather than become part of an existing one.
- There was no system of _____ to settle conflicts between states.
- In Massachusetts, taxes were raised and the court's seized the farms of those who could not pay their taxes. Daniel Shays organized an uprising in 1786 of more than 1,000 farmers called _______.
- The AOC also had strengths, such as letting __ make decisions for themselves and it prevented the federal government from gaining too much ____.
- It was called the ___and it created a loose alliance of 13 independent states.
- ______ refused to ratify the AOC unless Virginia and other states ____, or gave up their claims to lands west of the Appalachians.
- It was up to the states to ____ the laws passed by Congress.
- The AOC had created a ___ central government.
- Congress could not regulate ____ between states or between states and foreign countries. Nor did it have the power to tax.
- A ____ is a document that sets out the basic laws, principles, organizations, and processes of a government.
- Most cases in the US end this way and what is it?
- What is the number of women and African American to serve on the Supreme Court
- the court in which the first trial is held, is the court of ________ jurisdiction
- the chief justice that brought power and prestige to the court
- The person who brings a case before the court is called? The person on trial is called?