A CONSTITUTION FOR THE UNITED STATES

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Across
  1. 1. the gathering of state representatives on May 25, 1787 to revise the Articles of Convention
  2. 7. to give up
  3. 9. the plan at the Constitutional Convention that called for a strong national government with three branches and a two-chamber legislature
  4. 11. money
  5. 13. a 1786 revolt in Massachusetts led by farmers in reaction to high taxes
  6. 14. the first American constitution, passed in 1777, which created a loose alliance of 13 independent states
Down
  1. 2. a 1787 law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory
  2. 3. a British document signed in 1215 that contained two basic ideas: monarchs themselves have to obey the laws, and citizens have basic rights
  3. 4. a plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states
  4. 5. a document that sets out the laws; principles, organization, and processes of government
  5. 6. the plan at the Constitutional Convention, favored by smaller states, that called for three branches of government with a single-chamber legislature
  6. 8. the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
  7. 10. a system of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them
  8. 12. a government in which one person or a small group holds complete authority