Across
- 8. Nine-tenths of the delegates in the __________________ needed to agree to pass a new law?
- 9. Balance of power describes which system of government?
- 10. The Articles of Confederations biggest weakness was that the government couldn't ____ __ ____?
- 15. Where did the Constitutional Congress meet to make a new constitution?
- 17. What convinced the American leaders that little protected them from anarchy?
- 18. What was the hardest thing to enforce in the Continental Congress?
- 19. Who was the unwealthy farmer who caused the Shays Rebellion?
- 20. The Articles of Confederation made the government too weak, and it made the states have too much _____?
Down
- 1. Which document established the United States as a free country?
- 2. Who hated Congress, the world, and himself?
- 3. After Shay's rebellion, Massacheusets decided to relieve peoples ___ ___ ____?
- 4. What was the only branch of government in the Central Government?
- 5. During the Revolutionary War, the Articles of Confederation were made, which was Americas first ____________?
- 6. The states unwillingness to limit their own authority convinced the framers of the Articles of Confederation to create a ____ Central Government?
- 7. What did states do to other states to encourage people to buy locally produced goods?
- 11. Who decided to help the government get over 4,000 militia to fight the farmers?
- 12. The government could _______ ___, but could not force people to join the army?
- 13. Under the Articles of Confederation, the power to declare war was held by the __________?
- 14. Aside from Alexander Hamilton, even George __________ declared that we needed a new constitution?
- 16. Where did Shay's rebellion take place?
