Across
- 1. Madison/ fourth president signer of the constitution writer of the federalist papers leader of the democratic- republican party
- 4. a group of diverse individuals that formed to oppose the ratification of the new federal constitution in 1787
- 7. de Montesquieu/ one of the most influential and renowned representatives of the enlightenment in France
- 8. compromise/ a disproportionate representative relative to the voters in the north until the civil war
- 9. Hamilton/ a soldier and political leader of the late 18th and early 19th centuries one of the founding fathers of the united states
- 12. of rights/ the first ten amendments to the U.S. constitution ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech assembly and worship
- 14. branch/ the part the united states government that creates laws
- 16. and balances / limits imposed on all branches of a government by vesting in each branch the right to amend or void those acts of another that fall within its purview
- 17. branch/ the branch of federal and state government that is broadly responsible for implementing supporting and enforcing the laws that were made
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- 1. branch / the part of the U.S. government that interprets the law and administers justice
- 2. compromise/ an agreement that large and small states reached during the constitutional convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and represent that each state would have under the united states constitution
- 3. rights/ the rights and powers held by individual U.S. states rather than by the federal government
- 4. of confederation/ the original constitution of the us ratified in 1781 which was replaced by the us constitution in 1789
- 5. a member or supporter of the federalist party
- 6. a condition compared to that of a slave in respect of exhausting labor or restricted freedom
- 10. shays rebellion/ an armed uprising that took place in Massachusetts during 1786 and 1787
- 11. constitution/ a document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the united states is governed
- 13. of powers/ an act of vesting the legislative executive and judicial powers of government in separate bodies
- 14. government/ a political system in which legalized force is restricted through delegated and enumerated powers
- 15. federalist papers/ a collection of 85 articles and essays written by alexander Hamilton James Madison and john jay promoting the ratification of the united states constitution