Widely republished in newspapers, pamphlets, and books during ratification, the __________ helped generate support for the Constitution.

__________ led many elite to call for a more powerful central government that would have the power to quell similar popular uprisings.

The __________ gave Congress little power beyond that of making war.

Montesquieu delineated the idea of the __________ as a way to create a balanced government.

According to the law of __________, when a woman married, all her property came under the control of her husband.

The concept of __________, embedded in the Constitution, ensures that state sovereignty is not crushed by an overwhelmingly powerful central government.

The constitutions that states formed as the Revolution began incorporated the idea of the __________ by creating executive, judiciary, and legislative branches.

The idea of __________ holds that governments are only legitimate if the people consent to them.

Back to top