Across
- 4. / person who officially represents their state
- 7. / supported the Constitution and favored a strong central, or national, government
- 9. / Against the constitution and favored states having more power than the central government
- 11. / The United States first written plan for government
- 14. / president of the constitutional convention
- 15. / the idea that each branch of government has specific ways to limit the power of the other branches
- 16. / the plan that called for a one house legislative branch with each state being equally represented
- 19. / the branch of government that is a system of courts set up to interpret the laws
- 20. / The Massachusetts farmers' uprising that made it clear to many that the central government was too weak to protest states from popular unrest
- 22. / to approve something formally
Down
- 1. / the plan that called for the legislative branch of the central government to be made up of two houses with the representation for states based on population
- 2. / the division of government between the central government and the constituent units, as in the national government and the states
- 3. / decided how slaves would be counted for states population
- 5. / framer or the Constitution from Pennsylvania who believed the common people were the cornerstone of the democratic process
- 6. / set up the three-step process for admitting new states
- 8. / the branch of government that enforces laws
- 10. / the meeting of delegates in which the Articles of Confederation were scraped in favor of a new United States Constitution
- 12. / framer of the constitution from Connecticut who believed common people could not be an integral part of the government decision making
- 13. / often called the "Father of the Constitution"
- 17. / a document stating the rules under which a government will operate
- 18. / a change or addition to a document
- 21. / the branch of government that makes laws