Lesson 10 Vocabulary Crossword

3. A country governed by elected representatives.
5. A meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution.
6. The northwest corner of new territory gained from Britain after the revolution.
8. An agreement stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person when assigning representatives.
9. A philosophical age in Europe that promoted rational thought and discovering natural laws.
10. The group established to elect the president and vice president.
11. A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government.
12. To formally approve a plan or agreement.

1. The plan of government adopted for state representation in a two house congress.
2. The first American Government.
4. A law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed.
7. A series of essays written in support of the ratification of the Constitution by the states.