Creating the Constitution Vocab Crossword

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  1. 5. the idea that decisions approved by more than half of the people in a group or society will be accepted and observed by all of the people
  2. 6. For purposes of representation and taxation, each person who was enslaved was to be counted as three-fifths of a person.
  3. 9. Numerous protests led to stop tax collectors from seizing colonial properties. Proof the Articles were weak.
  4. 10. A proposed that representation in both houses be based on the population of each state. This would give the more populous states more representatives, and thus more influence, than states with smaller populations.
  5. 13. A series of 85 essays were published over the course of several months and made a strong case for the new plan of government. Some historians have called the publication of these papers one of the most powerful public relations campaigns in history.
  6. 15. opponents of ratifying the U.S. Constitution. They favored the loose association of states established under the Articles of Confederation
  7. 16. The second type of government the United States adopted and still current.
  8. 17. the first written plan of government for the United States; ratified in 1781
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  1. 1. A plan called for a two-house legislature with a different form of representation in each house. In the Senate, states would have equal representation. In the House of Representatives, states would have representation based on their populations.
  2. 2. In that plan, each state, whether large or small, would have the same vote.
  3. 3. A list of Rights promised to American citizens in the Constitution
  4. 4. the belief that governments should operate according to an agreed set of principles, which are usually spelled out in a written constitution
  5. 7. On May 25, 1787, a meeting between Delegates from all the states except Rhode Island came together at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, which would later be known as Independence Hall to change the Articles of Confederation.
  6. 8. supporters of ratifying the U.S. Constitution. They favored the creation of a strong federal government that shared power with the states.
  7. 11. a financial status in which a person, company, or government owes money to someone else
  8. 12. formal approval of an agreement, treaty, or constitution
  9. 14. the approval of every voting member