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Ratification |
The approval from the legislative branch required to validate government agreements |
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Article VII |
The ratification of the conventions of nine states, shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the states so ratifying the same. |
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Antifederalists |
People who opposed the ratification of the constitution on the grounds that a republic system wouldn't work for the country |
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Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island. These four states are often referred to as the ________ States because they lagged behind the first nine. |
Laggered |
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James Madison |
Federalist and Father of the Bill of Rights |
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George Mason |
Consented to the Constitution under the condition of setting up a bill of rights |
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Hamilton |
He saw direct democracy as a danger to individual rights and advocated a representative democracy (republicanism) in order to protect what he viewed as individual liberty from majority rule, or from the effects of such inequality within society. |
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John Jay |
Signed treaty of paris, federalist and helped write the federalist papers |
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Publius |
The pseudonym under which the federalist papers were composed advocating a strong centralized government with a system of checks and balances |
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federalist papers |
a foundational text of constitutional interpretation |
