Articles of Confederation and US Constitution

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  1. 3. The first government of the US.
  2. 4. number of branches of government created by the US Constitution.
  3. 6. named the large states plan and wanted representation in congress based on population.
  4. 9. first president of the united states
  5. 11. introduction to the US Constitution
  6. 14. number of amendments to the US Constitution.
  7. 15. group that refused to support the new constitution without a Bill of Rights.
  8. 16. the US Constitution is divided into seven of these.
  9. 17. amendment that guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
Down
  1. 1. location of the writing of the US Constitution.
  2. 2. firstten amendments to the Constitution
  3. 5. group that supported passing the Constitution with no bill of rights.
  4. 7. a change to the US Constitution.
  5. 8. named the small states plan and wanted each state to be represented equally in congress.
  6. 10. the Articles of Confederation were considered too _______.
  7. 12. the idea of dividing the powers of government between multiple branches.
  8. 13. a collection of essays written to gain support for the new US Constitution.