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3. pseudonym used by Alexander Hamilton (who became the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury), James Madison (who became the fourth U.S. President), and John Jay (who became the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) to write the 85 papers that make up The Federalist.
4. having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs.
6. Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades.
7. to approve and sanction formally : confirm ratify a treaty.
8. The United States House of Representatives is the lower house of the United States Congress

1. the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
2. a preliminary or preparatory statement; an introduction.
4. a series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison between October 1787 and May 1788. The essays were published anonymously, under the pen name "Publius," in various New York state newspapers of the time.
5. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
7. a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
9. the smaller upper assembly in the US Congress, most US states, France, and other countries.