American Revolution crossword

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  1. 5. The branch of government that enforces the laws
  2. 7. President of the Constitutional Convention
  3. 10. The branch of government that makes laws
  4. 11. to the Union, Set up the three-step process for admitting new states
  5. 12. Person who officially represents their state
  6. 13. Against the constitution and favored states having more power that the central government
  7. 18. Often called the "Father of the Constitution"
  8. 19. Framer of the constitution from Connecticut who believed common people could not be an integral part of the government decision making
  9. 20. 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
  10. 21. A document stating the rules infer which a government will operate
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  1. 1. The plan that called for a one house legislative branch with each state being equally represented
  2. 2. The United States' first written plan for government,
  3. 3. The branch of government that is a system of courts set up to interpret the laws
  4. 4. The idea that each branch of government had specific was to limit the power of the other branches
  5. 6. Decided how slaves would be counted for states' populations
  6. 8. Rebellion, The Massachusetts farmers' uprising that made it clear to many that the central government was too weak to protect states form popular unrest
  7. 9. Framer of the constitution from Pennsylvania who believed common people were the cornerstone of the democratic process
  8. 14. supported the constitution an favored a strong central, or national, government
  9. 15. Constitutional Convention, The meeting of delegates in which the articles of confederation were scrapes in favor of a new United States Constitution
  10. 16. A Change or addition to a document
  11. 17. The decision of government between the central government and the constituent units, as in the national government and the states