A More Perfect Union

4. / person who officially represents their state
7. / supported the Constitution and favored a strong central, or national, government
9. / Against the constitution and favored states having more power than the central government
11. / The United States first written plan for government
14. / president of the constitutional convention
15. / the idea that each branch of government has specific ways to limit the power of the other branches
16. / the plan that called for a one house legislative branch with each state being equally represented
19. / the branch of government that is a system of courts set up to interpret the laws
20. / The Massachusetts farmers' uprising that made it clear to many that the central government was too weak to protest states from popular unrest
22. / to approve something formally

1. / the plan that called for the legislative branch of the central government to be made up of two houses with the representation for states based on population
2. / the division of government between the central government and the constituent units, as in the national government and the states
3. / decided how slaves would be counted for states population
5. / framer or the Constitution from Pennsylvania who believed the common people were the cornerstone of the democratic process
6. / set up the three-step process for admitting new states
8. / the branch of government that enforces laws
10. / the meeting of delegates in which the Articles of Confederation were scraped in favor of a new United States Constitution
12. / framer of the constitution from Connecticut who believed common people could not be an integral part of the government decision making
13. / often called the "Father of the Constitution"
17. / a document stating the rules under which a government will operate
18. / a change or addition to a document
21. / the branch of government that makes laws