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Is part of the first 10 amendments to the constitution which is known now as the bill of rights

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People feared that a federal government could come under the control of one powerful faction which is a group that is concerned only with its own interest

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The people who disagreed to the constitution were called anti federalist, they believed the federalist plan posed a threat to state governments and to the rightd of individuals

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The ones who saved the constitution were called federalist, there the ones who wanted a strong national government provided by the constitution

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For the constituion to become law, 9 out of the 13 states had to approve or ratify it

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Each state would get as many electors as its congress, the person with the majority of votes in the electoral college or group of electors who would become president

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The constitution set up a system called checks and balances, which gave each branch of power to check or stop the others in certain ways

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To keep power under control within the national government, the constitution created

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Federal government is power shared amongst states and national authorities, which the constitution created

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a difficult issue still occured, when calculating the states population the question asked was "are enslaved people included?" many farmers owned slaves lots considered slavery immoral but were unable to do anything about the contradiction . Questions asked because if the slaves were included the bigger states would gain more power in the HoR

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Great Compromise was a legislative branch made of two houses,, in one house each state would have the same amount of representatives which is 2, it pleased the states and especially very small ones, this won the support of large states and was approved on july 16 1787

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When the national legislature have the power to "veto" or prohibit frolm becoming law

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There were divisions at a conventions and the major division was between the people who wanted amend or revise the Articles of Confederation

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When the legislators passed the biggest direct tax, the tax was to be paid in "specie" which is gold or silver coins rather than money

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A crisis occured in Massachusetts that would boost support for the nationalist

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The americans agreed that their new nation should be a democracy or government by the people, they favored a creation of Republic which is a government run by the people thru there elected representatives

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A plan of government and their duties and powers

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Made up of courts and judges that interpret the consequences brought to them by broken laws

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Executes or puts in action the laws passed by the congress

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Includes congress and is part of the government that is responsible for making the laws

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1777 Continental Congress took a new set of laws into hand too govern the United States, In 1781 they were approved and established a limited national government