Across
- 1. To officially approve something
- 6. A deal where larger states received more votes due to population, while all states get an equal amount of Senators
- 10. He wrote the "federalist papers" which helped get the Constitution passed by Cogress
- 12. “lower” house of Congress in which the number of each state’s representatives is based on its population.
- 13. “upper” house of Congress in which each state has two representatives, called Senators, regardless of its population.
- 15. He was known as "The Great Compromiser" as he was able to convince Congress to accept both the New Jersey Plan, and Virginia Plan
- 18. The first government created in the United States
- 19. The part of a government that makes laws
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- 2. A person who was against the adoption of the U.S. Constitution until the Bill of Rights were added
- 3. The part of a government that interprets laws
- 4. A person who supported Federalism and the adoption of the U.S. Constitution
- 5. It proposed a Congress of two houses, both of which would be based on a states population (more people, more representation)
- 7. When the government’s power comes from the consent of the people; if the government goes against the will of the people, then they have the right to change the government
- 8. When power is shared by the national and state governments
- 9. The part of a government that enforces laws
- 11. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
- 14. It proposed d for a one-house legislature with each state having equal representation in government (Equal representation in all states)
- 16. Each branch of government can “check,” or limit, the power of the other branches
- 17. He was known as the "father of the Constitution" for persuading others to ratify it