Constitution

1. Title of the chief executive of the US government
4. Supporters of the new Constitution and its strong central government
11. Name of the middle ground agreement in which there are two houses of Congress, one based on population size and one with an equal number of representatives for all states
14. Term for a person sent to represent their state at the gathering to revise the Articles of Confederation
15. Number of states needed to formally approve the Constitution
16. Man who proposed finding a middle ground on the issue of how many representatives each state should get (last name)
17. This practice was banned by Congress in the northern part of the territory gained from Britain
19. Plan in which Congressional representation would be based on the population size of each state
20. The name of the lawmaking body of the US Government
21. Part of Congress in which the number of representatives for each state is based on population size (___________ of Representatives)
24. The U.S. government's inability to impose __________ caused it to have major financial issues early in its existence
25. Congress called a ________ to discuss revising the Articles of Confederation
26. Branch of government which enforces laws
28. President of the Constitutional Convention (last name)
29. The city where the Founding Fathers met to revise the Articles of Confederation
30. Name of the part of Congress in which each state gets two representatives

2. Plan in which Congressional representation would be equal for all states
3. Branch of government which interprets the laws
5. In order to satisfy southern states, Congress was forbidden from interfering with this for 20 years
6. a written plan that provides the basic framework of government
7. The framers decided to compromise by counting every 5 slaves living in a states a ____ people (spell out number)
8. Term for people who did not support the Constitution because it created too strong of a central government
9. A loose alliance of states with similar interests
10. 1787 law which created guidelines for how new states would be admitted to the union
12. System in which the president is chosen by a group of specially chosen voters from each state
13. Last name of a Massachusetts farmer who led a rebellion against the local government
18. The land between Canada, the Mississippi River, the Ohio River, and the original 13 states (___________ territory)
22. Time period of rational and informed thinking in Europe which influenced the Founding Fathers ideas on government
23. Branch of government which makes laws
27. To formally approve a plan or agreement