Chapter 5 - Forming a Government

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Across
  1. 3. official approval
  2. 4. branch that interprets laws
  3. 8. farmer who protested high taxes
  4. 9. antifederalist (person)
  5. 12. right to vote
  6. 13. branch responsible for creating laws
  7. 14. agreement to create a two-house legislature
  8. 16. created the first national government of the United States
  9. 21. made to protect citizens rights
  10. 22. taxes on imports or exports
  11. 23. period of low economic activity
  12. 26. this word was left out of Constitution and instead used terminology like "free Persons"
  13. 27. this state has the oldest state constitution still in effect (since 1780)
Down
  1. 1. compromise to count a portion of the slave population for representation
  2. 2. political authority belongs to the people
  3. 5. branch that carries out the laws
  4. 6. official changes
  5. 7. "Father of the Constitution"
  6. 10. president of the Constitutional Convention
  7. 11. Federalist (person)
  8. 15. principles and laws that state the powers and duties of a government
  9. 16. opposed the Constitution
  10. 17. convention that met in May 1787
  11. 18. essays supporting the Constitution
  12. 19. supported the Constitution
  13. 20. last state to ratify the Constitution
  14. 24. first state to ratify the Constitution
  15. 25. philosopher who believed in a social contract