Revolution to Convention Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. system in which delegates vote for presidential candidates
  2. 6. father of the constitution
  3. 9. plan that argued for larger states having more legislative power
  4. 10. number of original states
  5. 12. ________________ ordinance divided territory into smaller territories to begin to govern themselves
  6. 16. money issues led to this rebellion showing the failures of the Articles of Confederation
  7. 18. governed by elected officials
  8. 20. election system still used in the USA today
  9. 21. father of the constitution
  10. 22. treaty of ___________ ended the Revolutionary War
  11. 23. Constitutional _______________ was a meeting of delegates to create a new government
  12. 24. plan that argued for states to be equal in the Legislative branch
Down
  1. 1. Formed 2 houses of congress
  2. 2. location of the Constitutional Convention
  3. 3. African Americans chose their side in the war based on who would give them _______________
  4. 5. hired mercenaries who fought with Britain
  5. 7. first attempt at American government
  6. 8. general of continental army
  7. 11. fear of this led to a weak Articles of Confederation and the Separation of Powers in the Constitution
  8. 13. the Three Fifths Compromise settled this debate in the Constitution
  9. 14. had their land and property returned after the war
  10. 15. country that helped America win the war
  11. 17. had no money or supplies in the revolution
  12. 19. The Constitution does this to keep any one branch from becoming too powerful