The Great Debate Crossword

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  1. 5. New Jersey delegate who introduced the New Jersey Plan.
  2. 8. The process of getting states to approve the proposed Constitution.
  3. 9. The proposed new framework of government debated by the states.
  4. 10. The 1787 meeting where delegates debate the future of the Union.
  5. 11. The city where delegates gather for the Constitutional Convention.
  6. 12. Opponents of the Constitution who feared too much national power.
  7. 13. Plan calling for representation based on population and a stronger national government.
  8. 14. Plan proposed by William Paterson to protect equal state representation.
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  1. 1. The first national governing document of the United States.
  2. 2. Supporters of the Constitution who favored a stronger national government.
  3. 3. Virginia delegate who presented the Virginia Plan to the Convention.REPRESENTATION The way states should be represented in Congress was the Convention's major ________.
  4. 4. The national lawmaking body that has limited powers under the Articles.
  5. 6. The states are trying to keep this together while debating a new government.
  6. 7. Virginia delegate who largely drafted the Virginia Plan with Randolph.
  7. 9. The system created by the Articles in which the states hold most of the power.