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  1. 6. In the United States, the Electoral College is the group of presidential electors that is formed every four years during the presidential election for the sole purpose of voting for the president and vice presiden
  2. 8. the first constitution of the United States, establishing the country's national government after it declared independence from Great Britain
  3. 12. type of legislature that is divided into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature
  4. 14. opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution
  5. 16. an agreement between Northern and Southern delegates at the 1787 Constitutional Convention
  6. 17. address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.
  7. 18. 1st U.S. President
  8. 19. ead a small army of farmers in Shays's Rebellion
  9. 20. first ten amendments to the Constitution in their original form.
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  1. 1. proposal for the structure of the United States government that was presented at the Constitutional Convention in 1787
  2. 2. American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817.
  3. 3. agreement between delegates at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 that established a bicameral legislature with proportional representation in the House of Representatives and equal representation in the Senate
  4. 4. It dominated the national government under Alexander Hamilton from 1789 to 1801.
  5. 5. a series of meetings of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania beginning in May 1775
  6. 7. (May 7, 1744 – July 29, 1798) was a merchant, lawyer and a New York delegate to the Continental Congress. Praised for his intelligence
  7. 9. a violent uprising in Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787
  8. 10. a proposal for the structure of the United States government that was presented at the Constitutional Convention in 1787
  9. 11. composed of the Preamble, seven articles, and 27 amendments
  10. 13. "first constitution of the United States" established a "league of friendship" for the 13 sovereign and independent states.
  11. 15. reedom of speech, press, and religion.