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- 2. Branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly.
- 7. A philosophy of limited government with elected representatives serving at the will of the people. The government is based on consent of the governed.
- 9. The Land Ordinance of 1785 put the 1784 resolution in operation by providing a mechanism for selling and settling the land.
- 10. A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
- 11. Branch of government that enforces the laws.
- 12. Supporters of the Constitution that 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
- 13. Basic liberties and rights of all citizens are guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
- 16. A settlement of differences in which each side gives up something.
- 20. The original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
- 22. II Executive Branch
- 23. 1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, negotiated with British for Washington
- 25. A system of government that is bound to certain principles of action by a state constitution.
- 26. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
- 27. A change to the Constitution
- 28. A compromise that proposed two houses of Congress; one where a state's population would determine representation and another where all states were represented equally
- 29. a series of 85 essays written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay (using the name "publius") published in NY newspapers and used to convince readers to adopt the new constitution
- 30. 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
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- 1. Father of the Constitution
- 3. A group who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1787. They opposed a strong central government (tyranny) and supported states' rights.
- 4. American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792)
- 5. Rebellion led by Daniel Shays of farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787, protesting mortgage foreclosures. It highlighted the need for a strong national government just as the call for the Constitutional Convention went out.
- 6. Agreement that each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in determining representation in the House for representation and taxation purposes (negated by the 13th amendment)
- 8. of Rights A formal statement of the fundamental rights of the people of the United States, incorporated in the Constitution as Amendments 1-10, and in all state constitutions.
- 14. A government in which the people rule by their own consent.
- 15. First Secretary of the Treasury. He advocated creation of a national bank, assumption of state debts by the federal government, and a tariff system to pay off the national debt.
- 17. Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law.
- 18. A law passed in 1787, that provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory.
- 19. A constitutional proposal that would have given each state one vote in a new congress
- 21. "Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning representation.
- 24. Branch of government that makes laws.