The Bill of rights and The Constitution

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Across
  1. 9. A convention of 55 delegates from 12 states where they discussed a new form of government, the Constitution, in Philadelphia in 1787
  2. 10. the opening section of the Constitution
  3. 12. A type of government in which people choose representatives to govern them. Each state gets 1 vote.
Down
  1. 1. The men who founded our nation and our Constitution- George Washington, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin.
  2. 2. A person who supported a strong central government and the Constitution.
  3. 3. responsible for making the laws, in the U.S. system this is Congress
  4. 4. Responsible enforcing the laws, in the U.S. system this is the President
  5. 5. The plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention. It had a strong national government
  6. 6. interprets the laws, in the U.S. system this is the Supreme Court
  7. 7. modification of the constitution
  8. 8. the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.
  9. 11. proposed law; steps: introduction