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A. Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11, 1755 on the island of Nevis, British West Indies. In 1777, Hamilton became General George Washington's assistant. In 1788, he convinced New Yorkers to agree to ratify the U.S Constitution. He then served as the nation's first secretary of the treasury, from 1789 to 1795.
B. Born on March 16, 1751, in Port Conway, Virginia, James Madison wrote the first drafts of the U.S. Constitution, co-wrote the Federalist Papers and sponsored the Bill of Rights. He established the Democrat-Republican Party with President Thomas Jefferson, and became president himself in 1808.
C. The Elastic Clause says that Congress shall make ALL reasonable and proper laws, regardless of what the rest of the Constitution says. The Elastic Clause means Congress can be flexible about whether or not to apply the Tenth Amendment, as demonstrated by the health care reform law.
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E.When England would impose taxes and acts, such as the Stamp Act, the colonists would become angered and protest it by forming mobs and doing such things as ransacking houses and stealing the money of stamp agents. The Stamp Act was eventually nullified because all the stamp agents had been forced to resign leaving no one to uphold it.
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G. It was mostly written by James Madison in Philadelphia. The Virginia Plan contained the ideas of a three part government consisting of executive, legislative and judicial branches, with a two house legislature.
H. Federalist No. 10 is an essay written by James Madison. It addresses the question of how to guard against "factions", or groups of citizens, with interests contrary to the rights of others or the interests of the whole community.
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J. an essay by James Madison, the fifty-first of the Federalist Papers. It was published on Wednesday, February 6, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all the Federalist Papers were published.
K. Indirect election is a process in which voters in an election do not choose
B. Born on March 16, 1751, in Port Conway, Virginia, James Madison wrote the first drafts of the U.S. Constitution, co-wrote the Federalist Papers and sponsored the Bill of Rights. He established the Democrat-Republican Party with President Thomas Jefferson, and became president himself in 1808.
C. The Elastic Clause says that Congress shall make ALL reasonable and proper laws, regardless of what the rest of the Constitution says. The Elastic Clause means Congress can be flexible about whether or not to apply the Tenth Amendment, as demonstrated by the health care reform law.
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E.When England would impose taxes and acts, such as the Stamp Act, the colonists would become angered and protest it by forming mobs and doing such things as ransacking houses and stealing the money of stamp agents. The Stamp Act was eventually nullified because all the stamp agents had been forced to resign leaving no one to uphold it.
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G. It was mostly written by James Madison in Philadelphia. The Virginia Plan contained the ideas of a three part government consisting of executive, legislative and judicial branches, with a two house legislature.
H. Federalist No. 10 is an essay written by James Madison. It addresses the question of how to guard against "factions", or groups of citizens, with interests contrary to the rights of others or the interests of the whole community.
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J. an essay by James Madison, the fifty-first of the Federalist Papers. It was published on Wednesday, February 6, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all the Federalist Papers were published.
K. Indirect election is a process in which voters in an election do not choose