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SC New State/Nation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Amerced | assessed |
| Amnesty | forgiveness |
| Capitol | a building in which a state or national legislature meet |
| Incorporation | the legislature gave the town a separate, legal status with its own town government |
| Articles of Confederation | first constitution for the U.S |
| Ratify | approved |
| Unicameral | one-house, legislature—Congress. |
| Amend | changed, only by a unanimous vote of the states. |
| U.S Constitution | the new document written by the convention |
| Anti-Federalist | argued that the document created a strong central government, something that the colonists had rejected during the Revolution. |
| Federalist | supporters of the document, led by Charles Pinckney, insisted that the United States needed a strong government for foreign affairs and to establish economic stability |
| Apportionment | the process of determining the number of representatives a county or a district may have in the legislature |