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| people of the united states that supported a strong central govt. and the constitution. |
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| the first 10 amendments to the constitution. |
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| Articles of confederation |
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| the vote to add or change legislation |
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| the land chossen to home our govt. |
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| people that did not support the constitution or a strong central govt. |
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| name given to the way we elect our presidentcreated to limit the peoples power to directly elect the president. |
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| This led many people to question the government structure under the AOC. It exposed the government's weakness, especially the fact of not being able to raise an army by draft and lend support to troubled states. |
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| the division of the govt. into 3 branches to equalize power. |
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| the power of the branches to watch themselves and stop a act from going through if they think it is to powerful or irrelavent |
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| represented small state ideology and needed a govt. based off equal representation. |
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| ratified by all 13 states was the second and last govt. so far in the u.s. |
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| Counted slaves as population to balance the differences of people in the North and the South. Settled population as well as taxation questions. |
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| representative of the big states which should be based on size not equality. |
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| combo of 2 ideas that formed todays govt. |
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| dad of constitution and author of VA plan |
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| author of the great compromise (the conn. plan) |
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| author of declaration of VA rights. |
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| author of the declaration of virginia rights. |
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| allows people to profess their oppinion in religion. |
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| 1 major accomplishments organized land settlements,and created provisions for territories to become states. |
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| govt. where governing ideas are controlled by 2 different ideas. |
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| leader of the anti federalists |
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| leader of the federalists |
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| govt. where the people choose the representatives. |
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| the written plan of govt. |
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| papers written by the federalists to help the american public choose to ratify the constitution. |
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