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- 2. the plan of government adopted at the constitutional convention that established a two house congress and is based on state population and equal numbers of senators
- 3. a series of essays written by james madison alexander hamilton and john jay in support of the ratification of the constitution by the states
- 4. a coutry governed by elected representatives
- 6. decided how slaves would be counted for states populations
- 8. a written plan that provides a basic framework for a government
- 9. ften called the father of the constitution
- 11. to approve something formally.
- 12. the age of reason in 17 and 18 century europe
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- 1. a law passed by congress in 1787 the specified how western lands would be governed
- 5. the group establihed by the constitution to elect the president and vice president voters in each state choose their electors
- 7. convention the meeting of delegates in which the articles of confederation were scrapped in favor of a new united states constitution
- 10. the first written plan for goverment for the united states
- 13. a region of the united states bounded by the ohio and mississippi rivers and the great lakes the region was given to the us by the treaty of paris in 1783