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- 2. A written plan of government
- 3. delegates agreed that every five enslaved persons would count as three free persons.
- 5. Supporters of the Constitution were led by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. They firmly believed the national government should be strong. They didn't want the Bill of Rights because they felt citizens' rights were already well protected by the Constitution.
- 7. A change to the Constitution
- 11. the branch of government that makes the laws
- 13. a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states
- 15. powers held jointly by the national and state governments.
- 17. an introduction that states the goals and purposes of the government in the Constitution.
- 21. powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states
- 22. Under this system, each branch of government is able to check, or limit, the power of the others
- 23. A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
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- 1. A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
- 4. Approved
- 6. Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when the states were contemplating its adoption.
- 8. a group of people who would be named by each state legislature to elect the president and vice president
- 9. the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
- 10. the branch of government that interprets laws
- 12. Compromise, The compromise made by the ConstitutionalConvention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house
- 14. the idea that the government's authority comes from the people
- 16. powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution
- 18. the branch of government that carries out laws
- 19. a group of individual state governments that band together for a common purpose
- 20. principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern