Chapter 8- Confederation to Constitution

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Across
  1. 3. system of government in which power is shared between the national government and the states
  2. 5. 1787 meeting at which the U.S. Constitution was created
  3. 9. law that established a plan for dividing the federally owned lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
  4. 11. uprising of Massachusetts farmers who demanded debt relief
  5. 13. people who supported ratification of the Constitution
  6. 14. proposal for a legislature in which each state would have one vote
  7. 15. people who opposed ratification of the Constitution
Down
  1. 1. prominent adviser to the Constitutional Convention
  2. 2. agreement to establish a two-house national legislature, with all states having equal representation in one house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house
  3. 4. proposal for a two-house legislature with representation according to each state's population or wealth
  4. 5. national legislative body formed by the Articles of Confederation Land Ordinance of 1785
  5. 6. land northwest of the Appalachians, covered by the Land Ordinance of 1785
  6. 7. ratification essays published in New York newspapers
  7. 8. plan for national government ratified in 1781
  8. 10. first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
  9. 12. people who helped create the U.S. Constitution