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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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| Government authority shared by national and local governments. |
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| Proposal to create a weak national government |
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| Powers given to the national government alone. |
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| The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional. |
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| A government in which elected representatives make the decisions. |
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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.[image] |
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| Constitutional authority is shared by three different branches of government. |
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| A group with a distinct political interest |
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| Those who favor strong national government. |
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| Powers given to the state government alone. |
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| Powers shared by the national and state governments. |
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| Authority shared by three branches of government. |
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| An order to produce an arrested person before a judge. |
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| plan to have a popularly elected house based on state population and a state- selected senate, with two members from each state. |
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| A group with a distinct political interest |
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| proposal to create strong national government. it also was prefer by the bigger states cuz it was beneficial to them. |
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| A law that declares a perosn, without a trial, to be guilty of a crime. |
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| A new provision in the Constitution that has been ratified by the states. |
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| An executive's ability to block a particular provision in a bill passed by the legislature. |
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| A law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when it was commited. |
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| Those who favor a weaker national government. |
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| Constitutional Convention |
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| A meeting in Philadelpia in 1787 that produced a new constitution. |
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| first ten amandments to the constitution |
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