Writing and Amending the Constitution...Amendments 1-4

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  1. 5. historically, these were citizen military forces that would protect local areas in times of danger
  2. 6. this system was developed to choose the president...to give small states more influence in elections
  3. 8. this Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, press, speech, assembly, petition
  4. 10. this political party wanted a stronger federal government
  5. 11. our Bill of Rights are based on this VA document
  6. 13. the Constitution we now have replaced this weak document
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  1. 1. this political party wanted LIMITED power in the hands of a government
  2. 2. this Amendment guarantees protection AGAINST unreasonable search and seizure by the Gov.
  3. 3. this Amendment guarantees AGAINST troops being housed among the citizens
  4. 4. the anti-federalists demanded this be added to the Constitution to safeguard individual liberty
  5. 7. this was written by Federalists to convince states to ratify the Constitution
  6. 9. this is the word for the process of states voting on proposals to amend the Constitution (takes 3/4 vote to do so)
  7. 12. this Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear arms and maintain militia