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- 3. Fraction of states that must agree to change the Constitution
- 5. the Articles of Confederation created a government that had only one of these
- 7. States must treat their own citizens and other states’ citizens this way
- 10. In the House of Representatives, the number of votes a state gets depends on this
- 12. Under the Virginia Plan, these states would have more power
- 15. Under the Articles of Confederation, congress could not do this to its laws, so states could just ignore laws
- 16. States send these to Congress
- 19. the branch that carries out laws
- 20. Early Americans had something in common with this fictional character!
- 22. The Articles of Confederation was America’s first plan for _____.
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- 1. One of two things people were afraid states might lose
- 2. The Constitution says laws passed by Congress are ___ to state laws.
- 4. These were the “individuals” in the “confederation” created by the Articles
- 6. The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation
- 8. A group of individuals united together for a purpose
- 9. One of two things people were afraid states might lose
- 11. The Articles did not let Congress create this
- 13. Under the New Jersey plan, these states would have more power
- 14. Under the Articles, America did not have one of these
- 17. The branch that interprets laws
- 18. The chamber of Congress where each state gets two votes
- 21. the branch that makes laws
- 23. One problem was that states charged these on goods from other states