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