crossword assignment

2. a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.
3. designed to protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in Congress, as under the Articles of Confederation.
4. the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified
7. full of or shedding light; bright or shining, especially in the dark.
9. catch fire or cause to catch fire.
12. the highest judicial court in a country or state.
13. a rableeion of farmers
14. a document that officially records the proclamation that the United States is an independent country from Great Britain.
15. a small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire.

1. compromise agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted
5. a person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable.
6. a large number
8. made up of the House and Senate, known collectively as the Congress.
10. sets the stage for the Constitution
11. outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.