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- 3. a system in which the different parts of an organization (such as a government) have powers that affect and control the other parts so that no part can become too powerful.
- 4. a solution where both large and small states would be fairly represented by creating two houses of Congress
- 5. a series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties in Massachusetts
- 10. Founding Father, Signer of the Treaty of Paris, Second Governor of New York, and First Chief Justice of the United States
- 12. American officer in the American revolution and a leader of Shays Rebellion
- 15. The Alien and Sedition Acts were a set of four laws enacted in 1798 that applied restrictions to immigration and speech.
- 16. established the federal court system separate from individual state courts
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- 1. determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation.
- 2. a formal meeting held in 1787 for the purpose of creating a constitution for the United States
- 6. the first woman to serve as Second Lady of United States and the second woman to serve as First Lady
- 7. Father of the Constitution
- 8. a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office.
- 9. the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
- 11. designed to protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in Congress, as under the Articles of Confederation
- 13. a founding father of the United States, who fought in the American Revolutionary War, helped draft the Constitution, and served as the first secretary of the treasury
- 14. chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory.
- 17. begin or introduce (a system, policy, or period).