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- ____ was a French Enlightenment thinker who said that the powers of government should be clearly defined and divided up.
- The Constitution made the elected president ___ of the Army and Navy.
- The ____, written in 1620, was the first document of self government in North America.
- Supporters of the Constitution were called ________ and they wanted a strong national government.
- Only white male adults who owned property could ___ or hold office.
- The Constitution set up a ___ independent of the President and legislature.
- In 1689, the ___ protected the rights of citizens and said that parliamentary ___ should be held regularly.
- It made clear that English ___ themselves had to obey the law.
- The colonists in ____ set up the House of Burgesses.
- American leaders looked to examples from Greece and _____.
- The delegates wanted to create a ___, a government in which citizens rule themselves through elected representatives.
- __ of Connecticut presented a compromise. Each side gives up some of its demands. HIs plan called for a two house legislature.
- ____ said northerns had to return fleeing slaves back to their owners.
- Northerners wanted to ban slavery but southerners said it would ruin their economy. Congress could not outlaw slavery for ____ years.
- ___ states would have to vote yes in order for the Constitution to become law.
- The ____ was a compromise between the north and south. If a state had 5,000 enslaved people, 3,000 of them would be included in the state's population count.
- "We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union..." is the opening line of the ____ .
- Edmund Randolph, George Mason, and Elbridge Gerry refused to sign because they thought the national government would have too much ____.
- The Virginia Plan wanted a strong central government and ___ branches of government.
- The legislature would have two houses and the number of representatives would be based on ______ under the Virginia Plan. Large states favored this plan. They said states with more people should have more representatives.