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Republic state, country or

Ratification act of official

nation in which people elect

representatives to govern

confirmation

American leaders felt strongly that

people needed to exercise control
over their government. It was
decided that the new nation would
be a republic, a country in which
the people choose representatives
to govern them.

The Continental Congress passed

the Articles of Confederation in
November 1777. It then sent the
Articles to the states for
ratification, or approval.

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Levy impose or raise a tax

Arsenal place where weapons

are stored

One reason Congress was unable

to raise money to pay the soldiers
under the Articles of Confederation
was that it did not have the power
to levy, or collect, taxes.

The governments refusal to grant

debt relief led to an uprising known
as Shays Rebellion. In January
1787, Shays led a march on a
federal arsenal.

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Checks and Balances the

Popular Sovereignty a

ability of each branch of

government to exercise controls
over the other branches

government system in which the

people rule

The system of checks and

balances is a way of controlling
the power of government.

Of the 55 delegates at the

Constitutional Convention, James
Wilson and James Madison pushed
for a system of popular
sovereignty including the election

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of a national legislature by the

people as the foundation of
government.

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Federalism a system of

Founders people who helped

government in which power is

create the U.S. Constitution
shared between the national (or
federal) government and the states The delegates to the Constitutional
Convention are called the
The framers suspected that people founders, or Founding Fathers, of
might be afraid the Constitution
the United States.
would take too much power away
from the states. To address this
fear, the framers explained that
the Constitution was based upon
federalism.

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Majority Rule a system in

Amendment addition to a

which more than one half of a

group holds the power to make
decisions binding the entire group

document

Under the Articles of

Confederation, each state had one
vote, and major decisions required
the approval of 9 of 13 states. The
Constitution, however, provided for

James Madison submitted ten

amendments to the Constitution
that became known as the Bill of
Rights.

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majority rule.

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Federalists people who

Anti-Federalists people who

supported ratification of the

Constitution

opposed ratification of the

Constitution.

The Federalists promoted their

view and answered their critics in a
series of essays, known as The
Federalist papers.

The Antifederalists thought the

Constitution took too much power
away from the states and did not
guarantee rights for the people.