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| A human right based on nature or God. |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War. |
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| Constitutional Convention |
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| Meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution. |
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| A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes. |
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| Proposal to create a strong national gov't |
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| Proposal to create a weak national gov't |
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| Plan to have a popularly elected House based on state population and a state-selected Senate, with two members for each state. |
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| A government in which elected representatives make the decisions. |
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| The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional. |
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| Government authority shared by national and state governments. |
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| Authority shared by three branches of gov't |
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| Powers given to the national gov't alone |
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| Powers given to the state government alone. |
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| Powers shared by the national and state gov'ts. |
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| Constitutional authority is shared by three different branches of gov't |
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| A group with a distinct political interest. |
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| Those who favor a stronger national gov't |
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| Those who favor a weaker national gov't |
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| An order to produce an arrested person before a judge. |
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| A law that declares a person, without a tria, to be guilty of a crime. |
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| A law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when it was committed. |
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| First ten amendments to the Constitution |
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| A new provision in the Constitution that has been ratified by the states. |
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