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| A government in which citizens rule through their elected representative. |
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| One in which two levels of government shared fundamental powers |
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An Alliance permitting states or nations to act togther on matters of mutual concern |
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| established a plan for surveying the land. |
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| The farmers protest, caused panic and dimay throughout the nation. |
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| A political leader from Connecticut, suggested Great Compromise |
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Offered a two- house congress to satisfy both small & big states
(Roger Sherman) |
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| 3/5 of a state slaves to be counted as population |
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Carry out laws
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Interpret the Law
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| Prevent one branch from dominatiny the others |
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| Would cast ballouts for the canidates |
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| Offical approval required tthe agrreement of at least nine states |
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| Supporters of the constitution, because they favored the new constitution balance of power between the states and the national government |
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| Federalists opponets b/c they opposed having such a strong central government and thus were against the constitution |
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| Series of 85 essays defending the constitution , appeard in NY newspaper between 1787 & 88 |
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| First 10 amendments to the U.S Constitution added in 1791 & consisting of a formal list of citizens right & freedom |
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| answered the critical questions , creating a judicial structure that has remaind essentially intact |
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| The group of department head who serve as the president chief advisers |
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| Political party know for its support of strong state goverment founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1792, opposition to the Federalist party |
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| Tax on imported goods that is intended to protect a nation business from foreign competion |
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| refusal to take part in a war between other nations |
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| placing of the interests of one's own region ahead of the nation as a whole |
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| inceident in which French officals demanded a bribe from U.S diplomats |
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| States refusal to recognize an act of cngress that it considers unconstitutional |
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| Expedition commissoned by president Jefferson to explore the West |
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| a staunch federalist as chief justice of the supreme court |
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| Supreme Court that established Judical Review |
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| includes all the land drained by the western tributaries of the Mississippi River the size of the U.S more than doubled |
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| Practice of seizing Americans at sea and " impressing " or drafting thm into the British navy |
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| A ban on exporting products to other countries |
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| Shawnee cheif, believed that the only way Native American to protect their homeland against intruding white settlers |
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