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  1. 2. Principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power.
  2. 3. The 3rd President of the United States of America, widely regarded as "The Father of the Declaration of Independence".
  3. 4. 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the founder of the nation's financial system.
  4. 6. Deemed "The Father of the Bill of Rights".
  5. 9. Credited as being the founder and leader of the Sons of Liberty.
  6. 10. An armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades.
  7. 11. Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.
  8. 13. An agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution. It was approved, after much debate, by the Second Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, and sent to the states for ratification.
  9. 14. The plan was created in response to the Virginia Plan, which called for 1 house of Congress with each state represented equally
  10. 16. Protects the freedom of speech, religion and the press. It also protects the right to peaceful protest and to petition the government.
  11. 18. Which branch of the government has the power to declare war under U.S. Constitution? *
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  1. 1. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
  2. 5. how long is a term for a US senator
  3. 7. An American political leader, military general, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Previously, he led Patriot forces to victory in the nation's War for Independence.
  4. 8. Patriot in the American Revolution, he is best known for his midnight ride to alert the colonial militia in April 1775 to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord.
  5. 12. Addresses criminal procedure and other aspects of the Constitution.
  6. 15. America's fourth President, made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers. In later years, he was referred to as the “Father of the Constitution.”
  7. 17. During his lifetime he was a Founding Father, Signer of the Treaty of Paris, Second Governor of New York, and First Chief Justice of the United States.