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| A ________ is a set of rules explaining how a country will work. |
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| A _______ government has the power to act for all of the states. |
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| _______ is responsible for making laws for the United States of America. It is made up of two "houses" called the _______ and the _______. |
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| Delegates, Senate, Representatives |
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| George Washington chose four men to help him run the country. These men became known as the President's ________. |
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| How many American colonies became states? |
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| The different states disagreed over _______. |
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| What type of money to use, foreign treaties, and how to pay back France for the money borrowed during the revolution. |
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| The Constitutional Convention took place in the city of _______. |
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| The President belongs to the _______ branch of the government. |
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| The Supreme Court belongs to the ______ branch of the government. |
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| Why did George Washington not want to be the first president? |
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| He wanted to stay on his farm in Virginia. |
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| Washington was inaugurated as the first president in the city of ______. |
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| _______, ________, ________, and ________ were positions created by George Washington to assist the president. |
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| Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of War, Attorney General. |
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| The ________ has the power to veto any law. |
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| Washington convinced _____ and _____ to give up a little bit of land between them for the new capital city. |
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| Washington chose the title _____ for himself. |
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| What is the Bill of Rights? |
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| It list powers that the government can never use against the people. It says that the government can never behave like a king towards the people. |
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| _____ states had to ratify, or accept, the Constitution before it became law. |
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| George Washington served _____ terms as president of the United States. |
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| __________ was the first Vice-President. |
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