Constitutional Convention

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Across
  1. 5. This plan was favored by large states who wanted proportional representation
  2. 9. This group believed that the U.S. Constitution as it was written at the Constitution should be ratified
  3. 10. The idea that power comes from the people
  4. 11. Enlightenment idea from Montesquieu that said power should be divided into 3 branches
  5. 12. Added to the Constitution after the Constitutional Convention due to concerns for individual liberties
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  1. 1. This was a combination of 2 plans and established our bicameral congress
  2. 2. This compromise determined how slaves would be counted in regards to population for representation
  3. 3. The event where the delegates were originally supposed to rewrite the Articles of Confederation
  4. 4. This group believed that a Bill of Rights needed to be added to the Constitution before ratification
  5. 6. This plan was favored by small states who wanted equal representation
  6. 7. a word meaning 'two house' in reference to our legislature
  7. 8. A written plan for Government