Important Documents

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  1. 4. one who was in favor of establishing the constitution
  2. 5. Enlightenment Philosopher which inspired many of the ideas in the constitution. “Life, Liberty, and Property”
  3. 8. Argued the Supremacy Clause and Necessary and Proper Clause gave too much power to the Federal government.
  4. 9. Federalist ______Explains the system of checks and balances and separation of powers(write out this number with no spaces)
  5. 10. Entails 7 articles which establish a limited government based on checks and balances and separation of powers
  6. 11. one who opposed the constitution and prefered the Articles of confederation
  7. 12. the _____plan was a plan for the constitution which proposed a unicameral (one-house) legislature with equal votes of states and an executive elected by a national legislature.
  8. 13. Federalist___Argued that majority factions were best controlled through a large republic with many ideas(Write out this number)
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  1. 1. author of the decleration of independece
  2. 2. the _____ plan proposed to the United States Constitutional Convention for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature.
  3. 3. Document written to separate the US from britain and to gain the support of other countries
  4. 6. Established a “Firm League of Friendship” among states and had a weak federal government
  5. 7. author of the constitution
  6. 8. the first ten ammendments of the constitution
  7. 10. the _______ compromise provided the states with equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives.