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A Britich policy in the 17th and 18th centuries that laxly enforced rules over colonies. Salutary neglect was important for the american colonies to gain a state of autonomy

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Most of the Revolutionary War was started due to the american colonies being upset about being taxed and laws being passed over them without their say. This is important because this is, as previously stated, what started the Revolutionary War

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The first constitution of the united states, before The Constitution, that setup a government without any power. If there were no Articles, then the government wouldn't have revised their mistakes and made the constitution

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A book written by Thomas Paine that encouraged colonists to become independent. This was just fuel to the fire and another main reason the revolutionary war was started.

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Rights you always have, Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. These are in the declaration of independence and show what Americans wanted to gain from independence from Britain

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An agreement, between people, of rules that everyone must follow. This idea is one of the reasons for a fair constitution and government.

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A philosopher that theorized the ideas of a social contract and unalienable rights. Without him, the ideas used to create america might have taken a lot longer to come around. Also America might not be a thing.

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Montesquieu came up with the idea of separation of powers. This was important because he is the reason we have a judicial, legislative, and executive branches.

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The first 10 amendments of the constitution. These are the policies enforced after the removal of the Articles of Confederation

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Documents published to raise support to ratify the constitution or the articles of confederation. These are important because they convinced new yorkers to finally support the change of the "constitution."

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Supporters of a large government. Federalists were supporters of ratifying the Articles of Confederation.

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People opposed to a large scale government. These people tried to stop the ratification of the "constitution," but they ended up failing

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The Philadelphia Convention, where leaders met to ratify the constitution.

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The 3/5 compromise, a compromise that made slaves worth 3/5 of a person when counting population.

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A rebellion of soldiers and farmers who were promised money, but haven't gotten it yet, due to the articles not letting the government collect taxes.