How our government - The US Constitution - was born

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  1. 2. Another question for revising the government was: Should the government's power to rule come from the states or the ___?(6).
  2. 3. The delegates believed the basic ___ of government was to protect the rights to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”(3).
  3. 5. The first government called the Articles of Confederation could establish a post office, raise an army, declare war, and print money, but it could not levy ___(2).
  4. 11. ___ system- a strong national government that shared power with the states(8).
  5. 12. These were created when ratifying the Constitution was in question and a divide among Americans began.
  6. 13. States had to make several agreements or ___ when creating the United State's Constitution(1).
  7. 16. Some leaders from the American Revolution did not attend the convention because they feared that a ___ national government would hurt states’ rights(3).
  8. 18. The U.S. Constitution is the ___ used written charter in the entire world(1).
  9. 20. A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government - each state has their own of these(4).
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  1. 1. state leaders present at the Constitutional Convention(2).
  2. 4. A country governed by elected representatives(3).
  3. 6. When revising the government, the hardest question was how ___ the government should be. Many wanted to preserve the rights of the states and feared too strong of a national government(5).
  4. 7. A formal alliance, in this case among states(2).
  5. 8. The Three-Fifths Compromise counted each slave as only ⅗ a person for representation in the government(7).
  6. 9. after declaring independence, Congress tried to unite the states under one ___(1)
  7. 10. This government, the Articles of Confederation was not what the country ___ because it could not raise funds to do anything effective(3).
  8. 14. Representatives in government help gain a ___ on decision making for laws, taxes, and policies(7).
  9. 15. If the central government is too ___, it could not protect liberty and property(5).
  10. 17. to formally approve a plan or an agreement(8).
  11. 19. An agreement was reached in which ___ the population and size of state applied to the amount of representation in government(6).