US Government

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  1. 4. an agreement to count each slave as three fifths of a person when determining state population
  2. 6. a person opposing ratification of the proposed US Constitution
  3. 10. the individuals who attended the Philadelphia Convention
  4. 11. a representative
  5. 12. a plan calling for a central government with a unicameral legislature and equal representation of all the states
  6. 13. protection against the unjust taking of life, liberty, or property
  7. 16. having only one house, as in a one-house legislature
  8. 18. the idea that government should both serve and be guided by the will of the people
  9. 19. a joining of several different groups for a common purpose
  10. 21. formal approval of a proposal
  11. 22. the Great Charter signed in 1215 that limited the powers of the English king and guaranteed certain fundamental rights
  12. 23. a written grant of authority from the king
  13. 24. a person favoring ratification of the proposed US constitution
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  1. 1. a document signed in 1689 that required free elections and guaranteed many basic rights, such as due process and trial by jury, to all English citizens
  2. 2. a document signed in 1628 that required the English king to obey the law of the land and increased the influence of Parliament
  3. 3. the idea that government is restricted in what it may do and that every individual has certain rights that government cannot remove
  4. 5. an agreement forbidding Congress from taxing state exports or interfering with the slave trade for at least 20 years
  5. 7. the agreement, effective in 1781, that established the first central government of the United States
  6. 8. having two houses, as in a two-house legislature
  7. 9. a plan offered at the Convention that called for a central government with three branches, with each state's representation in a bicameral legislature based mainly on population
  8. 14. the principle that government exists only with the consent of the governed
  9. 15. the name given to colonies organized and governed according to the will of a proprietor, a person granted land and authority by the king
  10. 17. an agreement to divide Congress into two houses, one with representation based on state population and one with equal representation for all states
  11. 20. Ben Franklin's proposal that the 13 colonies form a congress to raise armed forces, regulate trade, and deal jointly with Native Americans