Across
- 2. established a new method for surveying the western lands
- 6. a governor of Virginia who introduced the Virginia plan
- 9. a member of the Virginia Assembly and head of its commerce committee
- 12. a delegate from New Jersey who proposed the New Jersey Plan
- 13. proposed scrapping the Articles of Confederation and creating a new national government with the power to make laws and set taxes
- 16. a delegate from Pennsylvania
- 17. proposed the Great Compromise
- 19. a divided government power between the federal or national, government and the state governments
- 20. opposers of the constitution
Down
- 1. rule by the people
- 3. "what is to afford our security against the violence of lawless men? Our government must be braced, changed, or altered to secure our lives and property."
- 4. a New York delegate that recommended another convention at Philadelphia in 1787
- 5. a violent insurrection in the Massachusetts countryside during 1786 and 1787 that was brought about by a debt crisis at the end of the war
- 7. supporters of the Constitution
- 8. for every five enslaved people in a state, they would count as 3 free persons determining both representation and taxes
- 10. established a very weak central government
- 11. economic slowdown
- 14. changes to the constitution
- 15. provided the basis for governing much of the western territories
- 18. taxes on imported goods