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| person who introduced the Virginia Plan |
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| the lawmaking branch of government |
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| branch of government that is headed by the president |
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| author of the Virginia Plan |
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| event that forced Massachusetts courts to close |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| America's first constitution |
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| Enlightenment thinker and writer |
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| person who introduced the New Jersey Plan |
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| this law created a territory out of lands north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi Rivers |
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| this was suggested by Roger Sherman |
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| a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives |
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| in order for the Articles of Confederation to take effect, it had to be approved by these |
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| Congress needed this many states pass a law, under the Articles of Confederation |
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| the presiding officer at the Constitutional Convention |
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| the final authority under the federal system |
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| form of government that divided powers between the national government and the states |
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| a system built in by Framers to keep any one branch of government from gaining too much power |
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| supporters of the new Constitution |
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