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4. Dividing government power among three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
7. The idea that government power comes from the people.
8. the leaders who wrote the U.S. Constitution and helped create the U.S. government
11. The first ten amendments to the Constitution that protect individual rights.
14. A system where power is shared between the national government and the states.
18. enslaved people as three-fifths of a person when determining representation in Congress.
19. A change or addition made to the United States Constitution.

1. a state in the northeastern United States and was one of the original 13 colonies
2. A framer of the United States Constitution who helped create the Great Compromise.
3. A system where each branch of government can limit the power of the others.
5. was the first president of the United States and a leader of the American army during the revaulaniory war
6. was an American leader who helped write the Constitution and is known as the “Father of the Constitution
9. one of the original 13 colonies
10. A series of essays that supported the ratification of the United States Constitution.
12. state in the northeastern United States and was one of the original 13 colonies
13. An American leader who opposed the Constitution and supported adding a Bill of Rights.
15. A small state in the northeastern United States and one of the original 13 colonies.
16. People who opposed the Constitution because they feared a strong national government.
17. People who supported the Constitution and a stronger national government.