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Ansleigh - US His 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| First Continental Congress | September 5 - October 26, 1774 |
| Second Continental Congress | May 7, 1775 - March 1, 1782 |
| Congress of the Confederation | March 1, 1781 – March 3, 1789 |
| Daniel Shays | a veteran who took action against the government by blockading courthouses |
| Representative Government | a form of government in which elected representatives conduct government business, rather than the people acting directly |
| Federalism | a form of government that gives some power to the national government, some power to lower levels of government, and some power to both |
| separation of powers | the idea that distinctive types of government power (legislative and executive) should be in separate hands |
| checks and balances | government powers should be distributed to permit each branch to check and balance the others |
| bicameralism | two houses of legislature |
| Federalist | those who supported the constitution |
| Anti-Federalist | those who did not support the constitution |
| Bill of Rights | the first 10 amendments proposed by the first congress and ratified by the states in 1791 |
| Alien Act | allowed federal government to deport foreign nationals ("aliens") who seemed to pose a national security threat |
| Sedition Act | allowed government to prosecute anyone found to be speaking or publishing "false, scandalous, and malicious writing against the government |
| disestablishment | the process by which a government separates a church and state |
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