The New Nation

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  1. 5. political statements which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional
  2. 6. a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority
  3. 9. the highest court in the federal judiciary of the US
  4. 11. a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats
  5. 12. the upper chamber of the United States Congress
  6. 15. opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution
  7. 18. comprises the first ten amendments to the constitution
  8. 21. a series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties in Massachusetts
  9. 24. a collection of 85 articles and essays written to promote the ratification of the United States Constitution
  10. 25. The Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation
  11. 26. The act and the ensuing last-minute appointment of new judges
  12. 28. the lower house of the United States Congress
  13. 32. supreme court decision that defined the scope of the U.S. Congress's legislative power
  14. 35. review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
  15. 36. a supreme law that is binding even on the government that also controls power
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  1. 1. legislative branch of the federal government that represents the American people and makes the nation's laws
  2. 2. an agreement reached during the 1787 over the counting of slaves in determining a state's total population.
  3. 3. A purchase of the US that doubled there sized
  4. 4. deciding the meaning of laws, how to apply them to real situations, and whether a law breaks the rules of the Constitution.
  5. 7. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the United States
  6. 8. an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution
  7. 10. It defined the border between the United States and Spanish Florida, and guaranteed the United States navigation rights on the Mississippi River.
  8. 13. A name under 4 people that meant friend of the people
  9. 14. the national government.
  10. 16. a violent tax protest in the United States during the presidency of George Washington
  11. 17. form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body
  12. 19. justice social justice
  13. 20. a series of four laws passed by the U.S. Congress in 1798
  14. 22. makes all laws, declares war, regulates interstate and foreign commerce, and controls taxing and spending policies.
  15. 23. created two legislative bodies in Congress
  16. 27. the elected head of a republic
  17. 29. carries out and enforces laws
  18. 30. payment made to a ruling or conquering nation by subjugated people in acknowledgment of submission
  19. 31. an introductory statement in the constitution
  20. 33. is a complete, ordered listing of all the items in a collection
  21. 34. an agreement making something officially valid