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The ______________________ is body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.

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Constitution

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__________________________ are people who opposed the Constitution

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Anti-Federalist

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______________ is the National, State, and local government share power; also refers to the division of power between the state and national government.

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Federalism

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_____________________ are people who supported the Constitution

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Federalist

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____________________________________ was an agreement to count three-fifths of a state's slaves in allotting Representatives, Presidential electors, and direct taxes.

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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_____________________________ met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.

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Constitutional Convention

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The _________________________________ 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 Constitution.

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Great Compromise

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_____________________series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties in Massachusetts that began in 1786 and led to a full-blown military confrontation in 1787.

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Shay's Rebellion

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___________________________ was the Founding Father who helped to organize and shape the ideas in the Constitution. Also served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817.

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James Madison

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______________________________________ was the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.

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Articles of Confederation