Across
- 1. / supporters of the ratification of the of the Constitution.
- 3. / power of the US supreme court and federal judiciary to declare laws of congress and cations of the president unconstitutional.
- 4. / opponents of the ratification
- 7. / formal changes in a bill, law, or constitution
- 10. / law that would govern humans in a state of nature before governments existed.
- 11. Market / area of trade where all goods and services can be sold or exchanged free from customs and tariffs.
- 12. / Declared on July 4th 1776 that the American colonies are "free and independent states".
- 13. / a government of laws, not people, operating on the principle that government power should be limited and government officials should limit their exercise of power over individuals.
- 14. / rights of all people derived from natural and not bestowed by governments.
- 17. / idea that government originates from an implied contract among people how agree to obey laws in exchange for the protection of their natural rights.
Down
- 2. / compromise in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 between pre- and slave states in which slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person.
- 5. / payments to the government
- 6. / Established a "firm league of friendship" among the states rather than a government "of the people"
- 8. Division of powers among the branches of government
- 9. / Revolt in 1786 protesting the discontent of small farmers over debts and taxes.
- 15. / first 10 amendments of the constitution
- 16. / tax on imported products
- 18. / established government boundaries, granting their powers, determining how their members are selected, and prescribing he rules by which they make their decisions.