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- 5. served as the first constitution, declaring that the confederacy of the former 13 colonies would be called “The United States of America.”
- 7. a founding father of the United States, who fought in the American Revolutionary War
- 8. was a late-18th-century political movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government
- 10. The Constitution rests on seven basic principles. They are popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, federalism, checks and balances, republicanism, and individual rights.
- 11. the federal principle or system of government.
- 12. The 4th president
- 13. The point of the event was decide how America was going to be governed.
- 14. one of the framers of the Constitution, author of five of The Federalist Papers, and the first Chief Justice of the United States.
- 15. contains different Sections and Clauses that help organize the document.
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- 1. a formal revision or addition to the US Constitution
- 2. were a series of eighty-five essays urging the citizens of New York to ratify the new United States Constitution.
- 3. was a series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties in Massachusetts
- 4. not actually a law or a legal document, but it is used to make it clear what to expect in the Constitution.
- 6. defines the fundamental law of the U.S. federal government, setting forth the three principal branches of the federal government and outlining their jurisdictions.
- 9. of Rights the first ten amendments to the US Constitution