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| To do away with something |
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| Changes to the Constitution |
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| Articles of Confederation (1781) |
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| First written Constitution of the United States, which emphasized the power of the states |
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| First ten amendments to the Constitution |
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| To reach an agreement, to solve a problem in a way that benefits both sides |
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| Constitutional Convention |
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| Meeting of 59 delegates in Philadelphia in May 1787 to debate whether to keep or revise the Articles of Confederation |
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| People selected to represent the wishes of others at a meeting or convention |
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| Carries out the laws passed by Congress, headed by the President |
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| A group of people who form a political group |
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| System of government where the national government and the states share power |
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| An agreement during the Constitutional Convention (1787) in which delegates agreed there would be two houses in the legislative branch of the government. One house would have an equal number of representatives from each state. In the other house, representation would be based on population |
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| The branch of government that interprets the law; the court system |
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| To approve or sanction formally |
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| A agreement reached by delegates to the Constitutional Convention in which enslaved African Americans would be counted as three-fifths of an individual for the purposes of population |
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| To reject a bill passed by Congress |
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