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each state creates a constitution

* state governments
from state to state.

in forming a government, most states wrote

a constitution is a document that sets out the basic law. , principles, organization, and of a

states wrote constitutions for two reasons.

first, a written constitution would spell out the of all citizens.

second, it would the power of government.

most states divided power within their governments between a and an

the was elected
to pass laws.

the states had governors to the laws

to a citizen had to be over

he had to own a certain amount of and pay

let some and in a few states african americans who owned
could vote,