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- 1. Formal withdrawal by a constituent member from an alliance, federation, or association.
- 7. a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
- 10. The first constitution of the United States, created to form a perpetual union and a firm league of friendship among the thirteen original states.
- 11. An act of legislature that inflicts punishment on an individual or gourp without judicial trial
- 12. is the government of a country subdivision in a federal form of government, which shares political power with the federal or national government
- 14. a person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.
- 15. is the body of law created by the federal government of a country
- 16. A tax on imported or exported goods.
- 17. is a government with members from more than one political party, especially one that is formed during a crisis.
- 18. a person who represents a constituency or community in a legislative body, especially a member of the U.S. House of Representatives or a lower house in certain state legislatures.
- 19. A compromise adopted at the Constitutional Convention, providing the states with equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives.
- 21. took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain.
- 22. Powers of the federal government that are specifically addressed in the Constitution; for Congress, these powers are listed in Article I, Section 8, and include the power to coin money, regulate its value and impose taxes
- 23. a pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner.
- 25. Charging a public official with a crime while in office and bringing him or her to trial.
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- 2. A law that criminalizes an act that was not a crime when committed, that increases the penalty for a crime after it was committed, or that changes the rules of evidence to make conviction easier. These laws are forbidden.
- 3. proposed a bicameral (2 part) legislature
- 4. Article VI, Section 2 of the Constitution, which states that the U.S. Constitution, law passed by congress and treaties of the United States “shall be the supreme Law of the Land” and binding on the states.
- 5. a circumstance or condition required by law or custom for getting, having, or exercising a right, holding an office, or the like.
- 6. each slave was counted as 3/5 of a person for population
- 8. a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- 9. the convention in Philadelphia (1787) of representatives from each of the former Colonies, except Rhode Island, at which the constitution of the United States was framed.
- 13. a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.
- 20. was an American attorney, the seventh Governor of Virginia, the second Secretary of State, and the first United States Attorney General
- 24. a place where the funds of the government, of a corporation, or the like are deposited, kept, and disbursed.