U.S. Constitution

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Across
  1. 3. Author of America’s Declaration of Independence.
  2. 4. This branch of government enforces laws, makes treaties, and nominates judges.
  3. 6. This, meaning official approval, required the agreement of 9 or the 13 states.
  4. 8. Agreement proposed by Roger Sherman of Connecticut to use a 2-house legislature.
  5. 9. This Connecticut delegate to the Constitutional Convention came up with the Great Compromise.
  6. 11. This Virginian is called the “Father of the Constitution”.
Down
  1. 1. The 3/5 Compromise said this group of people were not a whole person.
  2. 2. A system of government in which power is shared between the federal government and the states.
  3. 5. His pamphlet Common Sense inspired many Americans to desire independence.
  4. 7. President of the Convention
  5. 10. He wrote Virginia’s Declaration of Rights, the first Bill of Rights in America.