Across
- 2. Plan for the Constitution that favored large states
- 7. Section of the U.S. government led by Congress, responsible for making the law
- 10. Roger Sherman combined the best ideas of the New Jersey and Virginia plans to craft this
- 12. A formal change to a law
- 14. The first ten amendments to the Constitution
- 15. Meeting to discuss changes to the Articles of Confederation
- 19. A person chosen or elected to represent a group of people
- 20. A person who opposed the stronger form of central government that is stated in the Constitution
- 21. The system established by the U.S. Constitution that gives each branch of government the power to limit the power of the other two
Down
- 1. Agreement that determined that three-fifths of the total population of enslaved persons will be counted towards population
- 3. Founding father who co-wrote The Federalist with John Jay and James Madison
- 4. The highest court in the U.S.
- 5. Plan for the Constitution that favored small states
- 6. The concept that states had certain powers the federal government cannot overrule
- 8. The group that elects the U.S. President
- 9. The division of governmental power among the three branches of U.S. government
- 11. Delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention
- 13. A group of countries/states that allow the members to trade freely among themselves
- 16. Section of the U.S. government that includes the courts and legal system, responsible for interpreting the law
- 17. A person in favor of the stronger form of central government that is stated in the Constitution
- 18. Section of the U.S. government headed by the President, responsible for enforcing law
