American History

5. A person who opposed the ratification of the U.S Constitution.
7. Most influential Virginian aside from Washington.
8. A group of department heads who serve as the president's chief advisers.
10. Series of essays defending and explaining the Constitutions.
12. A meeting held in 1787 to consider changes to Articles of Confederation resulted in the drafting of the Constitution.
13. A plan proposed by Edmund Randolph.
14. Supporters of the Constitution.
15. The first 10 amendments to the U.S Constitution.

1. A plan of government proposed at the constitutional convention in 1787 that called for a one-house legislature in which each state would have one vote.
2. Political system in which the king allow nobles to use of his land in exchange for their military service and their protection of people living on the land.
3. The constitutional agreement to count three-fifths of a state slave as population for purposes of representation and taxation.
4. A tax on imported goods.
6. At the constitutional convention he was one of the most able delegates.
9. The constitutional Conventions agreement to establish a two-house national legislature.
11. To swear in or induct into office in a formal ceremony.