Across
- 2. Taxes on imported goods.
- 4. The branch of government that makes the laws.
- 6. The branch of government that interprets laws.
- 11. The branch of government that makes the laws.
- 13. A general and progressive increase in prices.
- 14. The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
- 15. A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War.
- 17. A document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges.
- 18. A trade between two or more states.
- 20. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power.
- 22. A Federalist leader and fourth President of the United States.
- 26. People who opposed the ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government, generally.
- 27. Official changes or additions to the Constitution.
- 28. A rebellion led by Daniel Shays of farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787 It highlighted the need for a strong national government just as the call for the Constitutional Convention went out.
- 29. A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.
- 30. A convention held in May 1787 in Philadelphia's Independence Hall to improve the Articles of Confederation.
Down
- 1. The right to vote.
- 3. A collection of essays by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison that explained the importance of a strong central government. It was published to convince New York to ratify the Constitution. Out of 85 essay Hamilton wrote 51 of them.
- 5. An agreement that each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in determining representation in the House for representation and taxation purposes.
- 7. The head of Shay's Rebellion, he and several other angry farmers violently protested against debtor's jail.
- 8. A constitutional proposal that would have given each state one vote in a new congress.
- 9. Virginia delegate James Madison's plan of government, in which states got a number of representatives in Congress based on their population.
- 10. A compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house.
- 12. A document which spells out the principles the government runs on and the fundamental laws that govern a society.
- 16. A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments.
- 19. He was an Anti-Federalist who strongly opposed the ratification of the Constitution.
- 21. A region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes. The region was given to the United States by the Treaty of Paris.
- 23. Official or formal approval of a document.
- 24. Supporters of the U.S. Constitution at the time the states were contemplating its adoption.
- 25. A long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and prices and low levels of trade and investment.