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1. | The part of the United States government that creates laws. Whenever you read about congress people in the senate or house debating a law you're reading about the legislative branch |
2. | The orginal constitution of the, US ratified in 1781, which was repeated by the US Constituion in 1781 |
3. | A uprising led by a former militia officer, Danial Shays, which broke out in western Massachusetts in 1786 |
4. | An agreement that large and small states reached during the constitutional convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and reprensentation that each would have under the US Constitution |
5. | A collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton |
7. | Counter balancing influences by which and organization or system is regulated typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups |
8. | The supreme law of the USA constitution orginally compromising seven articles delineates the national frame of government |
9. | Guaranteed to the states under the principle of federalism |
10. | An act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in seperate bodies |
12. | Founding father of the United States |
13. | The branch of the federal and state government that is broadly responsible for implementing, supporting, and enforcing the laws made by the legislative branch and interpreted by the judicial branch |
14. | A political system in which legalized force is restricted through delegated and enumerated powers |