Unit 3

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  1. 3. was a late-18th-century political movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution.
  2. 7. one of the framers of the Constitution, author of five of The Federalist Papers, and the first Chief Justice of the United States
  3. 8. was a series of violent attacks oncourthouses and other government properties in Massachusetts that began in 1786 and led to a full-blown military confrontation in 1787
  4. 11. talk about the duties of the three main parts of government: the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch, and the Judicial Branch.
  5. 12. system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government.
  6. 13. made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers, along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. In later years, he was referred to as the “Father of the Constitution.”
  7. 14. change or addition to the terms of a contract, law, government regulatory filing, or other documents
  8. 15. first 10 Amendments to the Constitution.
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  1. 1. "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
  2. 2. took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The point of the event was decide how America was going to be governed.
  3. 4. a founding father of the United States, who fought in the American Revolutionary War, helped draft the Constitution, and served as the first secretary of the treasury. He was the founder and chief architect of the American financial system.
  4. 5. This document served as the United States' first constitution.
  5. 6. series of eighty-five essays urging the citizens of New York to ratify the new United States Constitution.
  6. 9. defines the fundamental law of the U.S. federal government, setting forth the three principal branches of the federal government and outlining their jurisdictions.
  7. 10. a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning.