A Revolutionary Nation, 1776–1789

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

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

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

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 __________ gave Congress little power beyond that of making war.

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

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

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