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| the study of public decisions are made issues that are important to the public and the rights and responsibilites of the government is called |
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| that individual had natural rights and that the government was an agreement or contract between the people and their ruler were new liberal ideas during what period of history |
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| When thomas jefferson stated in the decleration of independence that men are endowed with certain inaliebal rights and that among these are life liberty and the pursuit of happines he was reffering to what philosopher |
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| In what pamphlet did thomas paine argue that it was wrong for britan to control the american colonies |
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| ancient greecew was ruled with an government in which laws were made directly by the people what type of government is this |
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| in ancient rome citizens elected representattives to make laws. |
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| how does the government of ancient rome contrat with the gover. in ancient greece |
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| the articles of confederation was an ineffective governmetn because its congress could not do what. |
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| the constitutuional convetion took place in what pennsylvaina city |
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| Decleration of independence,articles of confederation,the constituttion |
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| of the constitution articles of confederation and decleration of independence name them in order |
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| what plan of government called for a two house legislature with representation based on an equal # of representation per state |
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| which plan of govern. called for a one house legislature with representation based on each states population |
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| which plan of gov. called for a 2 house legistature witha house of rep. elected on the basis of state populations and senate with representation being two senators per state regardless of population. |
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| how to count state population when determining representation in the house. |
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| the 3 fiths compromise stated that slaves would count as 3/5 of a person toward the states population. this compromise was made to solve which problem. |
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| Federalists and Anti Federalists |
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| the ratification of the constitution was debated by which 2 groups |
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| what passage is this we the people of the united states in order to form a more perfect union. |
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| which group supported a strong national government which would protest the states maintain order regulate trade and gurantee the rights of citizens |
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| Which group supported a waek national government and strong state governments which would allow poloticians to be closer to their constituents protect peoples libertys and limit abuses of power by federal government |
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| what is the purpose of the legislative branch to under the constitution |
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| what is the purpose of the executive branch under the constitution |
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| what is the purpose of the judicial branch under the constitution |
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| they were afraid the southern states wouldnt ratify the constitution |
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| why were the framers reluctant to abolish slavery in the constitution |
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| what is the fraction nedded to propose an amendment to thee us constitution weather it be proposed by congress or by state constitutional convetions. |
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| whats the fraction nedded to ratify and amendment to the us constitution weather it be by means of state legislatures or state constitutional covetions |
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| freedom of religon,speech press assembly petiton |
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| what are the 5 freedoms guranteed by the 1 amendment to the us constitution |
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| system that gives each branch of government ways to limit the poweres of the others. |
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| the divison of power between the federal gove. and the states |
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| a plan for representation in congress that gave each side something it wanted |
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