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- 4. - Writing in the Constitution by having one house of congress with an equal number of representatives for each state, while the other houses people determined by the population of a state, satisfying both the small and large states
- 6. - Power is held in a national system, rather than political subdivisions such as provinces, states, counties, towns, or parishes.
- 8. - Written with no authority to tax, no national army, and no chief executive, it was the first adopted plan of the U.S. government after the revolution.
- 9. - Protecting the Civil Rights and liberties of people, first 10 amendments written into the constitution
- 12. - Explains the purposes of the Constitution, and refuses the powers of the new government
- 13. - A type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights and citizens hold a vote for political power
- 15. - An English political philosopher, whose Social Contract Theory believed in order to live in groups, sacrifices against their freedoms are necessary for protection from higher authority
- 16. - With the authority of God, the kings and queens controls all aspects of the citizen's life, tied with the Divine Right of Kings
- 17. - 4th President of the U.S. Known as the father of the Constitution, and wrote the 10 amendments to the Constitution.
- 19. - Another word for dictatorship, is when the government attempts to control all rules and the lives of citizens
- 20. - Each branch of government has a number of constitutional restraints, so no branch is more powerful than the other
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- 1. - Between the slave and free states, it's to count as three-fifths of the slave population for how many representatives a state was entitled to.
- 2. - Laws are made by representatives chosen by the people and must comply with a constitution that specifically protects the rights of the minority from the will of the majority
- 3. - A type of government where two types of government control a piece of land
- 5. - The belief that monarchs were chosen by God, therefore they have the right to do anything
- 7. - Author of the Declaration of Independence, a strong advocate for the Bill of Rights, and America 3rd President
- 10. - For a man to live in a group, they must give up some of their freedom to the government in exchange for protection on natural rights
- 11. - A leading supporter of the constitution, also helped write the Federalist Papers
- 14. - French Writer who introduced the Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances to prevent one part of the government from becoming too powerful.
- 18. - Representative Democracy with a small group of leaders, elected by citizens, represents the concerns for the people.