The Confederation Era

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Across
  1. 1. City where the Constitution was written
  2. 3. The western border of the United States used to be the __________________ river.
  3. 5. Under the Articles of Confederation there was no national _______ system to judge the fairness of law
  4. 8. Congress had the power to make ____________ with England after the American Revolution ended
  5. 10. The Articles of Confederation set up the first _____________ in the United States
  6. 11. The name of the territory that included Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin
  7. 12. Congress had no power to ______ the states in order to pay military veterans
  8. 13. An act banned in the Northwest Territory
Down
  1. 2. Another word for executive
  2. 4. The ability to govern oneself
  3. 6. Congress wanted to create a government that was more powerful but also protected the ___________ of the citizens
  4. 7. Nearly all the power of government was granted to the thirteen _____________ under the Articles.
  5. 9. Country where the loyalists fled to