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- 3. and Balances- a system that allows one branch of government to limit the exercise of power by another branch; requires the different parts of government to work together
- 4. Declaration of Independence- is a document written in 1776, in which the American colonists proclaimed their independence from Great Britain and listed their grievances against the British king
- 5. Social Contract- is an agreement between people and government in which citizens consent to be governed so long as the government protects their natural rights
- 8. - those who did not support ratification of the Constitution
- 10. Compromise- a compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan that created a two-house Congress; representation based on population in the House of Representatives and equal representation of states in the Senate
- 11. Powers- the powers given explicitly to the federal government by the Constitution (Article I, Section 8); power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce, raise and support armies, declare war, coin money, and conduct foreign affairs
- 12. Clause the statement in Article VI of the Constitution that federal law is superior to laws passed by state legislatures
- 14. the power of the president to reject a law proposed by Congress
- 16. Plan- a plan for a two-house legislature; representatives would be elected to the lower house based on each state's population; representatives for the upper house would be chosen by the lower house
- 19. Confederation- is a highly decentralized form of government; sovereign states form a union for purposes such as mutual defense
- 20. Legislature- a legislature with two houses, such as the U.S. Congress
- 21. of Powers- the sharing of powers among three separate branches of government
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- 1. those who supported ratification of the Constitution
- 2. Rights- the right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no government may take away
- 6. Powers- any powers not prohibited by the Constitution or delegated to the national government; powers reserved to the states and denied to the federal government
- 7. System- a form of government in which power is divided between state governments and a national government
- 9. Compromise- a compromise between northern and southern states that called for counting of all a state's free population and 60 percent of its slave population for both federal taxation and representation in Congress
- 13. republic- a form of government in which political power rests in the hands of the people, not a monarch, and is exercised by elected representatives
- 15. Legislature- a legislature with only one house, like the Confederation Congress or the legislature proposed by the New Jersey Plan
- 17. Jersey Plan- a plan that called for a one-house national legislature; each state would receive one vote
- 18. of Confederation- the first basis for the new nation's government; adopted in 1781; created an alliance of sovereign states held together by a weak central government