Constitution Era

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Across
  1. 2. Washington, President of the Constitutional Convention
  2. 3. individuals who supported a strong national government and ratification
  3. 5. Two houses
  4. 7. Plan, a Plan that proposed a bicameral legislature based on population
  5. 9. of Confederation, First governing document of the United States, which created a weak central government
  6. 11. One house
  7. 13. Convention, Meeting in 1787, where the Constitution was written
Down
  1. 1. system that divides power between the national and state governments
  2. 4. Rebellion, a Rebellion led by a Massachusetts farmer, highlighting the weaknesses of the Confederation
  3. 6. individuals who feared a strong national government and wanted states' rights
  4. 8. Compromise, an Agreement that created a two - house legislature balancing large and small states
  5. 10. Madison, Father of the Constitution
  6. 12. of Rights, The first 10 amendments to the Constitution
  7. 14. Jersey Plan, Plan that gave equal representation to all states, regardless of size