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Gym's state governments formed after the declaration of independence Did

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what And here the potential answers we could send that

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we that is well in bill right All right Roman

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numeral time after signing the declaration of independence colonised decided

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to form state governments who could bolster their movement to

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overthrow the british crown like that Humpty dumpty Well let's

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See which of these roman numerals correctly describes the choices

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colonists made in their reaction to british tyranny So let's

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start at the top Did these new state governments have

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weak legislatures Well not exactly after enduring the overbearing power

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of a monarchy Columnist made sure toe have strong legislatures

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which gave them protection against the abuse of executive power

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Alright how about two Were these newly formed state governments

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in possession of weak executives Absolutely After dealing with a

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tyrannical king for so many years colonised made sure the

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limit The power of state executives Yeah that whole fool

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us twice thing right So roman numeral two is a

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go How about three Were the state governments outlined in

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written constitutions Well because the unwritten british constitution pose so

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many problems during colonial rule columnist wanted their state constitutions

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to be written down with clear limits on governmental power

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So three whisky as well and what we're kind of

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on a roll here Not that all right let's take

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a look at the last one roman numeral for did

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the new state governments all contained bills of rights We'll

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actually only seven new state governments had written bills of

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rights so four is out of state governments had weak

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executives and were outlined in written constitutions That makes option

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d the correct answer After decades of abuse by the

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british government colonists were more than ready to move on

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from their post traumatic monarchy disorder You know good Oh 00:02:14.825 --> [endTime] no

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