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What are imports?
Goods that come into a country.
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What are exports?
Goods that go out of the country.
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Who is Daniel Shays?
This person led a rebellion.
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What are the 3 branches of government?
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
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What is a compromise?
An agreement that is not exactly what either side wants, bt something that both sides can agree on.
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What is the Constitution?
Nine states had to approve this before it became law.
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Who is George Mason?
This person thought that slavery would bring the judgement of Heaven on a country.
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What is the Judicial branch?
Decides if the laws have been broken.
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What are the Bill of Rights?
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
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What is a delegate?
A person who represents a group of people.
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Who is James Madison?
His ideas helped to shape the Constitution.
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What is Executive Branch?
Carries out the laws.
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What does it man to ratify?
When states have to approve the constitution.
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What is a perosn of virtue?
The kind of citizen the republic needs.
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Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Advised the republic to vote for the Constitution.
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What is the Legislative Branch?
Makes the laws.
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What is the Preamble?
An introduction.
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What is the Great Compromise?
Two groups formed the House Representatives and the Senate.
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Who are the federalists?
Liked the Consitution.
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What is the Bill of RIghts?
The anti-federalists wanted to add this to the Constitution.
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