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9 Cards in this Set
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republicanism
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People can exercise their power by voting for representatives of their state
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popular sovereignty
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it means that a government is ruled by the people
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federalist
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a system of government in which power is divide between the government and states
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seperation of power
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the division of the government
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checks and balances
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each branch can check the others
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limited government
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people are ruled by the laws, not leaders
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individual rights
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this says that everyone has rights to meet peacefully and ask to fix a problem
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power after articles of confederation
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post office, war and peace, coin and borrow money, to deal with foreign countries and make treaties
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weaknesses after
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could not tax, had no power to enforce laws, congress lacked leader, no national protection, no courts, each states had their own money, each state could put tarrifs on other states trade
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