Articles of Confederation/Constitutional Convention

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Across
  1. 2. The Articles lacked a national _______ to enforce laws.
  2. 4. The "father" of the Constitution
  3. 6. The __________ Compromise counted enslaved people partially for representation and taxes
  4. 10. Without tax money, the government could not pay off its ____ from the Revolutionary War.
  5. 11. The __________ Plan favored representation based on population
  6. 12. The Three-Fifths Compromise was about taxation and __________ representation
  7. 13. Under the Great Compromise, each state got two representatives in the ______.
  8. 14. Shays’ Rebellion was caused by high ______ and debt.
  9. 16. An agreement where both sides make concessions
  10. 17. The __________ Plan favored equal representation for all states
Down
  1. 1. The new constitution was written at the Constitutional __________.
  2. 3. Under the Articles, the government could not collect ____.
  3. 5. Dividing power between national and state governments.
  4. 7. The leader of a farmers’ rebellion in Massachusetts
  5. 8. The ______ Compromise created a two-house Congress
  6. 9. The orginial intention of the convention was to ______ the Articles.
  7. 12. The Articles of Confederation gave most power to the ______.
  8. 15. The first constitution of the United States