A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War and immediately after.

lands northwest of the Appalachians, covered by the Land Ordinance of 1785

Congress could not regulate or outlaw slavery or slave trade until 1808

Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3 of the Constitution, which stated that slaves who escaped must be returned to their owners. It was later abolished in...

Complete control of a product or business by one person or group

This political revolution began with the Declaration of Independence in 1776 where American colonists sought to balance the power between government a...

American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792); wrote the Virginia Declaration of...

1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)

cash crops in the South before the Civil War

abolished slavery

A large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale.

a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.