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| Does each state have an equal vote? |
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| What did the north west ordinace do? |
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| Prohibited slavery from moving into a extended area |
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| What did the Framers view slavery as? |
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| What does the 13th amendment vindicate? |
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| The Declaration of Independence |
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| How long can Senators serve? |
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| How many delegates did the Philly Convention have? |
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| How long do Supreme court judges serve for? |
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| Who said consent gives the right to rule but not the power |
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| How many legislatures or reps per state? |
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| Did each state have equal votes under the contnential congress? |
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| What is the oldest Coustitution? |
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| Did James Madison believe that a small republic would be good? |
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| According to James Madison what disease plauges goverment? |
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| How many men signed the Declaration of Independence |
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| What was the American Revolution based on? |
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| Who had a huge influence over the Declaration of Independence? |
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| Who changed the word property to the "pursuit of happiness" |
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| What was the First Womens Convention? |
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| Who stated that the Constitution was an Anti-Slavery Document? |
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| Did the Articles of Confederation allow commerce and trade among states? |
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| Who were the authors of the Federalist Papers? |
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| Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison who were all known as Publius |
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| Whats is National Sovereignty? |
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| The protection from foregin danger or violence |
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| What does each citizen in the Unitied States have? |
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| How many grievances were there in the List of Grievances? |
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| a slave had moved from a slave state to a free state in order to become free. |
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| a document which urged the colonist to break away from Britians rule. |
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| The name given to those who supported the ratification of the Constituion |
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| The name given to those who opposed the ratification of the Constitution |
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| 85 essays that defended the Ratification of the Constitution |
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| an essential principle of the first American state constitutions and the US Constitution which seperated the powers into 3 branches legislative, executive, and judicial |
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| Protects individuals form arbitrary arrest by authorizing a judge to free someone from confinement if there are not sufficent legal grounds for holding the person |
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| a law that makes an act criminal after it was committed or increases teh penalty after the fact |
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| Slaves counted three fifths of a person when determining population for appointing seats in the House of Reps |
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| Weaknesses of Articles of Confederation? |
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| There was a very weak central goverment also there was no problems amongst states that had to do with territory and also trade and commerce |
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| a uprising of farmers led by Daniel Shay who which led a group of farmers to close courts in order to prevent the foreclosure of their farms |
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| the plan for a strong national goverment of three independent branches, it was introduced by the governer of Virginia Edmund Randolph |
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| Who was the "Father of the Constitution? |
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| A proposed law or constitutional amendment, usually written by legislators that is sent to the people for a vote |
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| the principles that all political power derives from the people |
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| a proposed law or amendment that appears on the ballot for a popular vote |
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| Why was George Washington and Ben Franklins presence at the Constitutional Convention so important? |
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| They both enhanced its crediblity with there work ethic and previous achievements. |
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| The Period of economic, finacial and political distress. The issues included bankrupcy, inability to conduct foreign policy and terrtiorial conflicts among states |
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| How many votes did states have under the Articles of Confederation? |
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