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| Among the broad purposes of the United States government in the Preamble tot he Constitution is the obligation to - | provide for justice and the people's general welfare |
| A federal government is one in which - | power is divided between a central government and local governments |
| In a democracy, the will of the majority - | cannot be used to deprive rights to a member of a minority group |
| The government set up by the Articles of Confederation had - | only a legislative branch, consisting of a unicameral Congress |
| By the mid-1700s, British rule in the colonies was marked by - | allowing a certain degree of self-rule to the colonists |
| Much of the Declaration of Independence consists of - | complaints of the wrongs done to the colonists |
| Characteristics of a state - | population, territory, government |
| The Declaration of Independence says that - | People have certain natural rights AND Government can exist only with the people's permission |
| After the Revolutionary War, the National Government - | proved too weak to deal with growing problems |
| At the Philadephia Convention, the delegates agreed to - | draft a new constitution |
