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The Bill of Rights and Ratification
Chapter 5 Section 3 & 4
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Ratification
• Making something valid by formally approving or confirming it.
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Federalist
• Members of the Constitutional Convention who supported the new Government / Federalism.
• Some important Federalist were: George Washington, John Adams, John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton
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Anti-Federalist• Members of the Constitutional Convention
who did not approve of the new government. Many of them feared that the new Federal Government would be too powerful.
• Some important Anti-Federalist were: Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and George Clinton.
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Federalist Papers• The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles
and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution.
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Checks and Balances
• A system in which the different parts of an organization (such as a government) have powers that affect and control the other parts so that no part can become too powerful.
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The Bill of Rights
• The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, added in 1791 to protect certain rights of citizens.