American Revolution

3. The plan that called for the legislative branch of the central government to be made up of two houses with the representatives for states based on their population
4. A Change or addition to a document
6. to the Union, Set up the three-step process for admitting new states
8. The decision of government between the central government and the constituent units, as in the national government and the states
9. Framer of the constitution from Pennsylvania who believed common people were the cornerstone of the democratic process
12. supported the constitution an favored a strong central, or national, government
13. A document stating the rules infer which a government will operate
15. The idea that each branch of government had specific was to limit the power of the other branches
16. President of the Constitutional Convention
17. Against the constitution and favored states having more power that the central government
18. Person who officially represents their state
20. The branch of government that makes laws
21. The branch of government that enforces the laws

1. Framer of the constitution from Connecticut who believed common people could not be an integral part of the government decision making
2. The branch of government that is a system of courts set up to interpret the laws
5. Often called the "Father of the Constitution"
7. The United States' first written plan for government,
10. The plan that called for a one house legislative branch with each state being equally represented
11. Decided how slaves would be counted for states' populations
14. Constitutional Convention, The meeting of delegates in which the articles of confederation were scrapes in favor of a new United States Constitution
19. Rebellion, The Massachusetts farmers' uprising that made it clear to many that the central government was too weak to protect states form popular unrest