Partisan division should be avoided at all costs under the new Constitution
The new executive branch would be strong enough to suppress political divisions
The clash of interest groups would help prevent the abuse of power in government
Majority rule would prevent the abuse of liberty under the new Constitution
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Pledged to stop seizing American ships
Released Americans from their pre-Revolutionary war debt to British merchants
Promised to evacuate the chain of forts in the Old Northwest
Refused to pay damaged for seizures of American ships
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It had no executive branch of government
It gave congress no power to regulate commerce between states
It did not provide for a national military
It gave each state one vote in Congress
It required a unanimous vote in Congress to pass a law
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Provided for the survey and sale of public lands in the Old Northwest
Established a procedure for governing the Northwest territory
Banned slavery in all territories of the U.S.
Settled the boundary between the U.S. and British Canada
Required Indian removal form the Ohio Valley
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Absence of a bill of rights
Creation of a federal district for the national capital
Omission of any reference to God
Creation of a standing army
Creation of a national executive
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It restricts slavery to certain states
It doesn't not mention slavery directly
It allows Congress to restrict the slave trade after 20 years
It requires fugitive slaves to be returned to their owners
It counts slaves differently from free citizens for the census purposes
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Fear that the Articles of Confederation had created too strong a national government
Efforts by wealthy merchants to replace the Articles with a new constitution
A quarrel over the boundary between Massachusetts and Vermont
Foreclosures on the mortgages of backcountry farmers
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Capture French and British spies
Control the Federalists
Cut off the flow of immigrants from Canada
Silence and punish critics of the Federalists
Prevent Jefferson from becoming president
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The British withdrew most of their troops from the colonies
Parliament restricted the powers of the colonial governments
Parliament attempted to find new sources of revenue from the colonies
The British enforced trade regulations in the colonies much more strictly
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Congress could nullify the actions of the President
A state could nullify a federal law that violated the Constitution
The Supreme Court could nullify a stat law contrary to federal law
The President could nullify a state law that violated the Constitution
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