Across
- 6. System to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful
- 8. Official approval of the Constitution by states
- 9. 1787 meeting where the Constitution was drafted
- 10. Document establishing federal government framework
- 12. Advocated for more state power and individual rights
Down
- 1. First Secretary of the Treasury, Federalist leader
- 2. Early test of federal authority under George Washington
- 3. Group supporting strong central government
- 4. First ten amendments guaranteeing freedoms
- 5. Guaranteed freedoms including speech and religion
- 7. Division of government into three branches
- 11. First Secretary of State, Democratic-Republican leader