Across
- 2. The Articles of Confederation created a government that had only one of these
- 4. In the House of Representatives, the number of votes a state gets depends on this
- 9. Under the New Jersey plan, these states would have more power
- 10. Under the Virginia Plan, these states would have more power
- 11. One of two things people were afraid states might lose
- 15. Fraction of states that must agree to change the Constitution
- 18. One problem was that states charged these on goods from other states
- 19. Early Americans had something in common with this fictional character!
- 21. The Articles let Congress create this but not pay for it
- 22. Under the Articles of Confederation, congress could not do this to its laws, so states could just ignore laws
- 23. These were the “individuals” in the “confederation” created by the Articles
Down
- 1. The Constitution says laws passed by Congress are ___ to state laws.
- 3. The branch that interprets laws
- 5. The branch that makes laws
- 6. One of two things people were afraid states might lose
- 7. the branch that carries out laws
- 8. A group of individuals united together for a purpose
- 12. The document that replaced the Articles of
- 13. Under the Articles, America did not have one of these
- 14. The Articles of Confederation was America’s first plan for this
- 16. States send these to Congress
- 17. The chamber of Congress where each state gets two votes
- 20. States must treat their own citizens and other states’ citizens this way