The Constitution and Bill of rights

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  1. 3. Only three-fifths of the slave population would count when determining the amounts of representatives.
  2. 5. In Includes the president and departments that help run the government
  3. 7. Passed in 1689 the supremacy of Parliament
  4. 13. Includes the right for speedy and public trial by jury's,and witness
  5. 14. protects religion, speech, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government
  6. 15. set a clear example of how to amend the Constitution to fit the needs of a changing nation.
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  1. 1. is a set of basic principles and laws that states the power and duties of the government
  2. 2. people who opposed the Constitution
  3. 4. supporters of the Constitution believed that through compromise would offer a good balance of power
  4. 6. keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful
  5. 8. made up of all the national quarts
  6. 9. Called Congress is responsible for proposing and passing laws
  7. 10. Signed by King John in 1215 made the king subject to law
  8. 11. it is banned for the government to house soldiers in citizens homes
  9. 12. is the right to have firearms