Creating the Constitution

Under the Constitution the "governed" are the ______.

The Articles of Confederation created a weak federal _____.

To make sure the federal government would not have too much power they created ___ branches.

___ ___ might be the most fundamental idea behind the Constitution.

The _____ have the power.

The people had NO way of taking the ____ of the government away.

The ____ branch would interpret the laws.

After ___ years the founders decided they needed a new document.

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Government by the people requires ___ of the people.

A law making body made up of 2 (TWO) Houses is called a _____ _____.

The people/citizens MIGHT NOT let the politicians keep their ____ if they don't like what the politicians are doing.

The Founders wanted a government that had greater authority than the ____.

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The first line of the Constitution starts with ___ ___ ___.

In Philly the founders agreed on a _____ government.

Other governments didn't care what citizens thought of the government's _____.

Under this system, each branch would check the ____ of the other two.

Bigger states wanted the ___ of a state to determine # of representatives.

The Articles of Confederation was the original plan for the government of the ____ ____.

Back then, It was "OK" to deny ____ to people based on certain things.

The Founders found this lack of regard for the will of the people to be ____.

The _____ Branch would enforce the laws.

The ___ Branch would make the laws.

On May 14, 1787 delegates from each state except ___ ___ assembled in Philadelphia.

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Popular Sovereignty goes hand in hand with, "Consent of the ____".

The smaller states wanted an ____ number of representatives.

The founders met to develop a government that would take over after the _____ left.

The smaller states cried _____.

By 1777 they produced the Articles of ____.

The Founders also set up a system of Checks and _____.

The Founders wanted to escape a power system based on birth and ____ ____.

After ___ years the founders decided they needed a new document.

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