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Question 1.
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In Rebellion, farmers in western Massachusetts protested heavy taxes, collected disproportionately from framers, to help pay the state's debt accumulated in the Revolutionary War. 

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laws, passed by state governments following the Revolutionary War, postponed tax and mortgage payments. 

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was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. 

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was a pamphlet published in 1776 by Thomas Paine that urged independence from Britain. 

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The principle influence on Jefferson's writing in the Declaration of Independence was the English philosopher . 

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The first written American constitution was the . 

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The was the institution in control of the central government under the Articles of Confederation. 

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Government under the Articles of Confederation was unable to prevent the outbreak of warfare between the states. 

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In terms of political philosophy, the Founders were . 

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Question 10.
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is the doctrine that states that government must be based on popular consent, limited in its powers, and insulated against the sometimes rash judgments of the majority. 

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One of the central axioms of republicanism is that in a good society people should be protected in their enjoyment of their . 

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In his book, An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution, argued that the framers of the U.S. Constitution conspired to protect their personal economic interests. 

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The was the agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention between delegates from large states and delegates from small states. It led to the creation of a two-house national legislature in which each state's representation in the lower house was to be based on population, while representation in the upper house was to be equal for each of the states. 

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The president of the United States is elected by the . 

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The Founders created a form of government. 

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The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution originally limited what the federal government could do. These ten amendments are called the . 

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is the division of power among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government. 

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were those people who supported the Constitution during the ratification debate. 

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The were a series of articles written in defense of the Constitution that strongly influenced the debate over ratification. 

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Marbury v. Madison was the 1803 Supreme Court case which established the doctrine of . 

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