The revolutionaries who established American governments after the break with Britain argued that ____ was essential to republicanism, meaning that the people must give up "private interest that is not consistent with the general good." Republicanism, as Thomas Paine argued in _____, meant a complete rejection of tyranny and "crowned ruffians." Two great accomplishments of the Articles of Confederation included the _____, which provided for the systematic survey and sale of the Northwest (the region west of Pennsylvania and north of the Ohio River). The other was the _____, which provided for the political organization of the same region, including the eventual admission as states on equal terms to the original 13 states. _____ feared the collapse of order after the Revolution and were troubled by Congress's inability to handle the national debt and economy. In contrast, the _____ warned that the Constitution posed a threat to states' interests and that the powerful national government would inevitably be corrupted because it was too far removed from the people. In protesting the Alien and Sedition Acts, the legislatures of two states wrote what came to be called the _____, arguing that the states had the right to nullify federal laws when these laws were unconstitutional and posed a threat to the people's liberties. While the issue of nullification would not be resolved until the Civil War (when a state's right to nullify federal laws was decisively rejected), the fact that _____ wrote one of these documents demonstrates that it was not clear whether or not states had this power when the Constitution was written. Jefferson tried to avoid a war with Britain by withdrawing American ships from the Atlantic. The ____, passed by Congress in late 1807, forbade US ships from sailing to foreign ports. Jefferson's successor, James Madison, was not successful in avoiding war with Britain, but the War of 1812 was nicknamed the _____ because it finally secured the nation from outside interference.