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