Forming a Government

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  1. 4. ten of the proposed amendments intended to protect citizen's rights
  2. 5. a meeting held in Independence Hall in Philadelphia where delegates from the states wrote the constitution (1787)
  3. 7. the idea that political authority is in the hands of the people
  4. 8. the uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt
  5. 9. a period of low economic activity combined with a rise of unemployment
  6. 13. offical changes
  7. 14. a system of government where power is distributed between a central government and individual states
  8. 16. an agreement made at the constitutional convention establishing that the lower house would be represented by population while in the upper house each state has equal representation
  9. 17. a proposed constitution that would give sovereignty to the central government
  10. 19. trade between two or more states
  11. 20. lands including present day Indiana, Michigan, Illinois,Ohio, and Wisconsion
  12. 21. offical approval
  13. 23. known as the "father of the Constitution" for his ideas about government and his ability to lead the delegates to agreement
  14. 27. an anti-federalist who believed the constitution needed a section guarenteeing individual rights
  15. 28. branch of government responsible for interpreting laws, punishing criminals, and settling disputes between states.
  16. 29. a document that declared no person could be forced to attend a particular church or pay for a church with tax money
  17. 30. a set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government
Down
  1. 1. taxes on imports or exports
  2. 2. a document that created the first central government for the United States that was later replaced with the constitution
  3. 3. the right to vote
  4. 6. branch of government responsible for making sure laws are carried out
  5. 10. supporters of the constitution
  6. 11. to plead in favor of
  7. 12. a document signed by King John which made the king subject to law
  8. 15. branch of government responsible of propossing and passing laws
  9. 18. an agreement where only three-fifths of a state's slave population counted when determining representation
  10. 22. increased prices of goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
  11. 24. people who opposed the constitution
  12. 25. a system established by the constitution that prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful
  13. 26. a poor farmer and Revoluntionary War veteran who led hundreds of men in a forced shutdown of the Sumpreme Court