A New Nation

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  1. 6. a meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the us constitution
  2. 7. the enslaving and owning of human beings and their offspring as property, able to be bought, sold, and forced to work without wages
  3. 9. 435
  4. 10. the part of the government that interprets the laws
  5. 11. the constitutional system that shares power between national and state government
  6. 12. a law passed by congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed
  7. 14. the law making part of the government
  8. 17. a country governed by elected representatives
  9. 18. trade and other business dealing between two or more states
  10. 20. an agreement made at the constitutional convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as 3/5 of a person when determining a state's population for representation in the house
  11. 22. a written plan that provided the basic framework of a government
  12. 23. a person who flees or tries to escape
  13. 24. the highest federal court in the US, consisting of nine justices and taking judicial precedence over all other courts in the nation.
  14. 26. the first written plan of government for the united states
  15. 28. the part of government that carries out the laws
Down
  1. 1. the system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches
  2. 2. a group of people within a larger group who have different ideas from the main group
  3. 3. 2 per state
  4. 4. believes in strong local/state government
  5. 5. the idea that the government's authority comes from the people
  6. 8. a type of religious song
  7. 13. the "age of reason" in the 17th-18th century Europe
  8. 15. to formally approve a plan or an agreement. the process of approval is called ratification
  9. 16. a region of the united states bounded by the Ohio and mississippi rivers and the great lakes
  10. 19. a series of essays written by james madison, alexander Hamilton, and john jay in support of the ratification of the constitution by the states
  11. 21. the group established by the constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors
  12. 25. a large estate where cash crops were grown
  13. 27. believes in a strong federal government