Answer on a half sheet of paper Name the 5 states that made up the Northwest Territory. Name the two rivers that made up the southern and western border of the Northwest Territory. Name the 5 lakes that made up the northern boundary of the Northwest Territory.

Ch. 8 Creating the Constitution Articles of Confederation Northwest Ordinance Shays Rebellion Constitutional Convention Slavery State Representation The Virginia Plan The New Jersey Plan The Great Compromise

Articles of Confederation The first plan of government Loose union of states Each state one vote Congress could not impose taxes Gave Congress the power to Make war and peace Raise an army and a navy Print money Set up a postal system

Northwest Ordinance Northwest Territory divided into smaller territories Each governed by a territorial governor 5,000 men, could elect a legislature 60,000 people could apply to become a state

Slavery was banned in the Northwest territory

Land Ordinance of 1785 Western lands were divided into six mile squares called townships Each township divided into 36 sections of 640 acres These sections of 640 acres would be sold to settlers

Shays’s Rebellion States printed their own money Bills of different sizes and color floated from state to state No one knew how much these bills were worth and they were not worth much Farmers could not pay their debts and taxes Judges ordered them to sell their land and livestock to pay their debt