Forming a Government

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  1. 3. The branch called Congress with two houses that proposes and passes laws.
  2. 4. The Confederation Congress did not have the power to force Great Britain to pay ___________ which allowed the British to continue selling their cheaper goods in the U.S.
  3. 5. A committee of 13 drafted this, it was the first U.S Constitution.
  4. 8. The original goal of this group was to revise the Articles of Confederation, not to draft and whole new Constitution.
  5. 10. These were wrote to help persuade Americans to ratify the Constitution.
  6. 12. This plan for congress was supported by the large states and allowed states to be represented by population.
  7. 13. This compromise was used when deciding a state's slave population in regards to representation in Congress.
  8. 16. Political power belongs to the people.
  9. 18. The compromise between the large states plan and the small states plan.
  10. 19. Due to high taxes and heavy debt, _____________ and other farmers rebelled, leading to "Shay's Rebellion".
  11. 20. The Articles of Confederation gave power to the national government to settle _________________________________.
  12. 21. This determined how western lands would be divided into townships.
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  1. 1. The branch with the President and other departments that run the government.
  2. 2. This plan for congress was supported by the small states and allowed each state equal representation.
  3. 6. Control of the western lands was an issue that needed to be negotiated before all states agreed to ___________ the Articles of Confederation.
  4. 7. Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio were all included in this territory.
  5. 9. In an effort to hurt the economy of the newly developed and young United States, this country forced the U.S to pay high tariffs on goods and closed shipping ports in the West Indies to the U.S ships
  6. 11. The first ten amendments are called _________________ and they protect individual rights.
  7. 14. Antifederalist such as George Mason and ____________ opposed the Constitution because it gave too much power to the national government.
  8. 15. The branch with the Supreme Court and all the national courts.
  9. 17. This person was known as the "Father of the Constitution".
  10. 22. The year that delegates decided that slavery could be banned.