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| government with no monarchy |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| America's first national constitution; adopted in November 1777, went into action in March 1781 |
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| land surveyed and divided into neat grid (6 square miles, into 36 properties) |
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| passed in 1787; encouraged orderly settlement by making a plan to make a settlement into a state |
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| kept detailed notes at Constitutional Convention |
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| Constitutional Convention |
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| May 14, 1787 in Philadelphia; delegate from each state (minus RI); |
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| representation by population size in Congress |
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| bicameral legislature; lower house is representation by population; upper house is equal representation |
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| only 3/5 slaves count toward population |
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| different parts of government allowed to "check" powers of others |
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| one of the leaders of the Federalists |
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| Robert Yates wrote anti-Constitution essays under this name |
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| spells out basic rights in the Constitution so that those rights would be protected |
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| 3 Federalists who wrote 85 pro-Constitution essays (that turned into The Federalist): James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay wrote under this name |
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| a book with the collection of writings of Publius |
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| one of the writers by the name Publius |
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| powers given to the federal government |
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| powers given to the state |
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| equal representation in Congress |
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