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2. The branch of the government that makes laws
5. The branch of the government that is a system of courts set up to interpret the laws.
9. The plan that called for a one house legislative branch with each state being equally represented
11. Decided how slaves would be counted towards states' population
12. Person who official represents their state
15. Often called the "Father of the Constitution"
16. Set up the three-step process for admitting new states
20. The United States first written plan for government
21. For the Constitution and favored a strong central , or national, government,
22. The branch of the government that enforces the law

1. To approve something formally
3. The plan that called for the legislative branch of the central government to be made up with two houses with the representation for the states' based on their population
4. Against the Constitution and favored states having more power than the central goverment
6. Framer of the Constitution from Connecticut who believed common people had no integral part in the government decision making process
7. The meeting of the delegates in which the Articles of Confederation were scraped in favor of the new United States Constitution
8. Framer of the Constitution from Pennsylvania who believed common people were the cornerstone of the democraticprocess
10. The idea that each branch of Government has specific ways to limit power of the other branches
13. A change or addition to a document
14. A document stating the rules under which a government will operate.
17. The division of government between the central and the constituent units, as in national government and the states
18. The Massachusetts farmers uprising that made it clear to many that the central government was too weak to protect states from popular unrest
19. President of the Constitutional Convention