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  1. 6. This plan, favored by large states, proposed that representation in Congress should be based on a state's population.
  2. 9. This branch of government was unable to create an army or navy and lacked the power to regulate commerce during the period of the Articles of Confederation.
  3. 10. This group feared a strong central government and demanded that a Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution to protect individual freedoms.
  4. 11. This was the British policy that stated colonies existed to provide a market for its products.
  5. 14. This agreement settled the dispute over how to count the enslaved population for purposes of both representation and taxation.
  6. 16. This document, written by the pilgrims and named after a ship, is one of America's first examples of self-government.
  7. 17. As a "strict interpreter," his constitutional view was literally a common one among Anti-Federalists who feared a strong government.
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  1. 1. This national document was the first, weak government of the US that lacked a president and the power to tax, and it gave majority power to the state for fear of a strong central government.
  2. 2. The famous slogan used by the colonists protesting new British taxes without having a voice in Parliament.
  3. 3. The type of powers that Hamilton was able to build his national bank with, leveraging the idea of the Elastic clause.
  4. 4. warned against the dangers of political factions, sectionalism, excessive public debt, and permanent alliances with foreign countries
  5. 5. If Congress says no to a bill made by the president, it is an example of this governmental concept.
  6. 7. This name refers to the first ten amendments of the Constitution.
  7. 8. This major agreement solved the debate over representation by creating a two-house Congress, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
  8. 12. This principle divides power among the three branches—legislative, executive, and judicial—to prevent any one part of the government from becoming too powerful
  9. 13. Alexander Hamilton and the Federalists had this type of constitutional interpretation.
  10. 15. One of the political rivals, along with Thomas Jefferson, whose disagreements led to the creation of the first political parties.