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Chapter 2
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History
11th Grade
09/19/2013

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unalienable
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a human right based on nature of 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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constitution convention
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meeting in 1787 that produces a new constitution
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shays' rebellion
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a 1787 rebellion in which ex revoulutionary war soilders attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes
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virginia plan
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proposal to create a strong national government
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new jersey plan
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proposal to create a weak national government
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great compromise
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plan to have a poularly elected house based on state populuation and a state selected senate with 2 members for each state
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republic
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a governemnt in which elected representatives make the decisions
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judicial review
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the power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional
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federalism
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government authority shared by national and state government
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