US History

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  1. 3. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
  2. 4. Courts
  3. 6. Washington/first president of the United States treasury department
  4. 7. 4, 1776/ The date of Declaration of Independence was adopted
  5. 8. Hamilton/ the federalist leader
  6. 12. of Rights/ the first, 10 amendments of the Constitution
  7. 13. Jefferson/ One author of the Declaration of Independence
  8. 14. Tea Party/ In 1773, a protest in which colonist dressed up as Indians, and dumped Boston tea into the harbor
  9. 17. president (enforces laws)
  10. 19. congress
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  1. 1. Convention/ a convention that met in Philadelphia in 1787 and drafted the Constitution
  2. 2. refuses to buy
  3. 5. they preferred a strong national government
  4. 7. Review/ the power of the courts to declare an act of congress
  5. 9. War/ The American war of independence (1775-1783)
  6. 10. Purchase/ this doubled the size of the United States, expanded farming and trade
  7. 11. Locke/ influenced the Declaration of Independence, and adopted Natural Rights
  8. 15. Madison/ he attended the Constitutional Convention
  9. 16. Federalist/ they preferred limited national government
  10. 18. and Balances/ each of the three branches of government can limit the powers of the others
  11. 20. Act/ placed on all the printed materials