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Anti-Federalism refers to a movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution

Federalist Papers: The Federalist is a collection of 85 articles and essays written under the pseudonym "Publius" by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to promote the ratification of the United States Constitution.

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The Federalist Party was the first American political party. It existed from the early 1790s to 1816; its remnants lasted into the 1820s

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The population of slaves would be counted as three-fifths in total when apportioning Representatives, as well as Presidential electors and taxes. The Three-Fifths Compromise was proposed by James Wilson and Roger Sherman, who were both delegates for the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

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The Connecticut Compromise (also known as the GreatCompromise of 1787 or Sherman Compromise) was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States ...

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The New Jersey Plan (also known as the Small StatePlan or the Paterson Plan) was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787.

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The Virginia Plan (also known as the Randolph Plan, after its sponsor, or the Large-State Plan) was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

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Ratification is a principal's approval of an act of its agent where the agent lacked authority to legally bind the principal

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The Articles of Confederation, formally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution.

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Popular sovereignty, or the sovereignty of the peoples' rule, is part of the seven principles, that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people

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an organization that consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league.

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Thought the people we're the source of power and that government must protect our natural rights

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English writer of Leviathan. Believed the people are naturally wicked and that the government must keep order

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Was the writer of The Social Contract. The government is an agreement or contract between the ruler and the people.

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Wrote about the importance of separation of powers and "checks and balances"

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was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church and Christianity

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(of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers.

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The English Bill of Rights is an act that the Parliament of England passed on December 16, 1689. The Bill creates separation of powers, limits the powers of the king and queen, enhances the democratic election and bolsters freedom of speech.

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Magna Carta Libertatum, commonly called Magna Carta, is a charter agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215.

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Representative democracy is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy

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In political philosophy, limited government is where governmental power is restricted by law, usually in a written constitution. It is a key concept in the history of liberalism

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To compromise is to make a deal between different parties where each party gives up part of their demand

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Oligarchy is a form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people. These people might be distinguished by nobility, wealth, family ties, education or corporate, religious or military control

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An autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power is concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control

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Dictatorship is a form of government in which a country or a group of countries is ruled by one person or by a polity and power is exercised through various mechanisms to ensure that the entity's power remains strong.

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Power to the people. A government in which the executive and legislative branches are separate and independent.

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Alliance of independent states, where the central organization only handles those matters that member states assign to it.

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Power divided between central government and local governments

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A "Centralized Government" in which all powers are held by a central agency