Chapter 5, Lesson 2

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Across
  1. 3. The national legislative body under the Articles of Confederation.
  2. 8. The first national government of the United States; created a weak central government.
  3. 9. A formal agreement between countries.
  4. 11. A national authority that governs the entire country.
  5. 14. People who owe money.
  6. 16. Currency printed by the states, often without value backing it.
  7. 18. New York delegate who supported revising the Articles of Confederation.
  8. 19. A poor farmer and former soldier who led Shays’s Rebellion.
  9. 20. Trade between two or more states.
  10. 22. A place or system where goods are bought and sold.
  11. 23. Broken up or dissolved (as with the Continental Army).
  12. 25. Goods brought into a country.
Down
  1. 1. Goods sent out to other countries for sale.
  2. 2. A 1786 meeting that led to calls for the Constitutional Convention.
  3. 4. A rise in prices combined with a decrease in the value of money.
  4. 5. Closed the lower Mississippi River to U.S. shipping in 1784.
  5. 6. The agreement that officially ended the Revolutionary War.
  6. 7. Competition among states or nations setting different trade taxes.
  7. 10. Exchange of goods between nations.
  8. 12. A period of low economic activity and high unemployment.
  9. 13. People who lend money.
  10. 15. An uprising or protest against a government or authority.
  11. 17. Virginia leader who called for a stronger national government.
  12. 21. Taxes on imports or exports.
  13. 24. Financial challenges such as debt, inflation, or lack of trade.