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Which punctuation mark would best fill in the blanks in the following sentence in the past year i visited denver, colorado portland oregon and seattle washington

The conventions of a number of the states, having at the time of their adopting the constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: and as extending the ground of public confidence in the government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution. what is meant by the phrase "further declaratory and restrictive clauses"?

In the story “seventh grade,” victor’s and michael’s hopes and expectations about girls often cause them to .