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- 1. protect individuals freedoms.
- 2. People that criticized the Constitution because it lacked the bill of rights
- 6. the system of courts that interprets and applies law in legal cases
- 7. Morris an English-born merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States
- 9. release from slavery.
- 10. of Rights a landmark Act in the constitutional law of England that sets out certain basic civil rights and clarifies who would be next to inherit the Crown.
- 12. Hamilton was an American statesman, politician, legal scholar, military commander, lawyer, banker, and economist. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
- 13. shays an American soldier, revolutionary, and farmer famous for being one of the leaders and namesake of Shays' Rebellion,
- 14. Approved.
- 16. and Balances principles of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches
- 18. the action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened.
- 19. otis warren a published poet, political playwright and satirist during the age of the American Revolution—a time when women were encouraged and expected to keep silent on political matters.
- 20. sovereignty the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives, who are the source of all political power
- 21. papers a series of 85 essays arguing in support of the United States Constitution
- 23. having the power to make laws.
- 25. a long and severe recession in an economy or market
- 26. Ordinance an organic act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States
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- 1. Compromise an agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
- 3. Madison America's fourth President (1809-1817), made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers, along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay.
- 4. having two branches or chambers
- 5. of Confederation an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution
- 8. people who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1789 and thereafter allied with Thomas Jefferson's Anti Federalist Party,
- 11. a piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority.
- 15. branches of government the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch.
- 17. Virginia planter.
- 22. having the power to put plans, actions, or laws into effect.
- 24. Sherman American politician whose plan for representation of large and small states prevented a deadlock at the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787