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| Branch that carries out and enforces laws |
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| Any change in the Constitution |
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| Enslaved person wouldn't count as a whole person |
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| power lies with the people |
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| powers shared by the state and federal governments |
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| split among Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches |
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| group of people named by the state to select the new President and V.P. |
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| Legislature consisting of 2 parts, or houses |
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| Branch that interprets laws |
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| power that the Constitution gives to the states |
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| written plan of government |
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| Introductory of Constitution |
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| Articles of Conferderation |
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| 1st plan of government for America...too weak to succeed |
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| law applies to EVERYONE!!! |
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| each branch of government is is able to check, or restrain, the power of others |
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| lawmaking branch of governemnt |
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| government in which power is divided federal/national or government and the states |
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| group of individual states or state governments |
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| agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation (Virginia and New Jersey Plains. |
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| Constitutional Convention |
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| meeting of state delegates in 1787 to create a new plan for gevernment |
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| powers that Congress has that are specifically listed in Constitution |
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