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| Articles of Confederation | the first constitution of the newly founded United States of America |
| Bill of Rights | the first ten amendments to the Constitution, protect our basic rights. |
| Federalist Papers | essays defending and explaining the United States Constitution. |
| Founding Fathers | the group of men that led the American Revolution and formed the government of the United States of America. |
| individual rights | a personal liberty and privilege |
| James Madison | father of the Constitution, was a fedralist |
| Philadelphia Convention 1787 | the meeting in which they wrote the United States Constitution |
| U.S. Constitution | 1787, sets up our government and laws, supreme law of the US |
| unalienable rights | rights that government cannot take away - specifically: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
| ratify | to approve |
| compromise | an agreement of a dispute in which each person gives up something |
