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a social system based on a rigid social and political hierarchy based on the ownership of land

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Feudalism

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the ownership for forced labor of one people by another

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Slavery

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the concept that the citizens are the ultimate source of political power.

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Popular Sovereignty

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wrote common sense in 1776, persuaded many Americans to to support the revolutionary cause. Called for rejection of the king, for independence, and a republic.

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Thomas Paine

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the political document that dissolved the colonial ties between the united states and Britain

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Declaration of Independence

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the rules that establish a government

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Constitution

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first constitution of the U.S. (1777) an association of states with a weak central government

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Articles of Confederation

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a government in which independent states unite for common purpose but retain their own sovereignty.

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Confederation

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the unrestrained power of the people

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Popular Tyranny

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a grassroots uprising (1787) by armed Massachusetts farmers protesting foreclosures.

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Shay’s Rebellion

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the assembly of fifty five delegates in the summer of 1787 to recast the Articles of Confederation, the result was the U.S. Constitution.

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Constitutional Convention

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George Washington, George Mason, Edmund Randolph, and James Madison. Ben Franklin, Alex Hamilton

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Founding Fathers (Framers)

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Leader of American Revolution

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George Washington

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Brilliant politician who made greater impact on constitution than anyone combined.

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James Madison

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a political system in which power is divided between the central and regional units

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Federalism

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supporters of the constitution who favored a strong central government

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Federalists

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advocates of states’ rights who opposed the constitution

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Anti-Federalists

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a proposal at the constitutional convention that congressional representation be based on population, thus favoring the large states.

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Virginia Plan

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a proposal at the constitutional convention that congressional representation be equal, thus favoring the small states.

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New Jersey Plan

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the constitutional solution to congressional representation : equal votes in the Senate, votes by population in the House

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Great Compromise (Connecticut)

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the formula for counting five slaves as three people.

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Three-fifths Compromise

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process through which a proposal is formally approved and adopted by vote

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Ratification

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a series of essays written to build support for ratification of the Constitution

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The Federalist Papers

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groups of citizens united by some common passion or interest and opposed to the rights of other citizens or to the interests of the whole community

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Factions

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a summary of citizen rights guaranteed and protected by a government; added to the constitution as its first ten amendments in order to achieve ratification

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Bill of Rights