Review: Formation of U.S. Government

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Across
  1. 4. This settled/established how the states were going to be represented in the legislative branch of government.
  2. 5. High __________ led farmers in Massachusetts to rebel.
  3. 6. This compromise was made over the decision of whether to count slaves in a state’s population for representation in the government.
  4. 12. Laws that loosely tied the United States into a “league of “friendship”
  5. 15. Ideas that government should be based on the “laws of nature”, including the rights to liberty, equality, and the pursuit of happiness.
  6. 17. The United States had a problem with Britain after the Revolutionary War because Britain restricted _________ with the United States.
  7. 18. Carta This English document limited the power of the monarch and said Kings/Queens should follow the same laws as the people.
  8. 19. Protest by Massachusetts’s farmers against the government on whom they blamed for inflation and the poor economy after the Revolution.
  9. 22. This country was the most important trade partner with the United States in the late 1700’s.
  10. 23. This plan called for the legislative branch to have one house in the legislative branch, and each state would have an equal vote in Congress.
Down
  1. 1. Voting rights.
  2. 2. 55 delegates from 12 states came to Philadelphia in 1787 to come up with a new plan for government, this is now known as the _________________________.
  3. 3. Territory including Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Indiana.
  4. 7. Written set of laws that provide the functions and limits of a government.
  5. 8. The approval of something, such as the Constitution.
  6. 9. This plan called for a strong central government, including 2 houses in the legislative branch. The number of representatives would be based on a state’s population.
  7. 10. The Articles of Confederation gave the Congress of the United States practically _______ power.
  8. 11. English philosopher who believed the government had a duty to protect people’s rights.
  9. 13. Electors who cast votes to elect the president and vice president.
  10. 14. A series of articles and essays promoting the ratification of the U.S. Constitution; written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.
  11. 16. A weak central __________________ was to blame for economic and other problems the United States faced after the Revolution.
  12. 20. The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom included Thomas Jefferson’s idea that people should have _______________ freedom.
  13. 21. This branch of government is the law-making branch.