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United States

Constitutional republic

Federalism

Power shared between states and national government

Veto

Check on legislative power

Concurrent powers of state and national governments

Establish court systems, tax people, build roads

Economic system in US

Capitalist and Market

Powers of federal government

Print money, declare war, create army, make treaties

State powers

Provide school and education, protection (police), safety (fire departments), drivers license

Authors of federalist papers

Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison

Declaration of Independence

1776, written by Thomas Jefferson

when was Constitution written

1787

How many amendments in constitution

27

What provides for common defense

Selective Service System

Why did colonists fight the British

High taxes and bc British armies stayed in their houses

What was Join or Die

Cartoon illustrating Benjamin Franklin’s warning to British colonies

Eminent Domain

Power to take private property for public use, but they have to pay for it

Supremacy clause

If there is a conflict between federal and state law, federal wins

Common Sense

Rejection of monarchy, 1776, established vision of American republicanism