Across
- 3. Large states believed representation should be based on this
- 7. The number of votes each state gets in the Senate
- 9. Thepresident of the Constitutional Convention
- 10. The compromise that counted enslaved people as 3/5 of a person
- 15. The rebellion by farmers protesting unfair taxes that showed the government was too weak
- 16. The number of months the delegates worked on the Constitution (May to September)
- 17. The house of Congress where representation is based on population (House of _____)
- 19. The building in Philadelphia where the convention took place (_____ Hall)
- 20. The oldest delegate who encouraged compromise and cooperation
- 21. The number of states represented at the convention
- 22. The branch of government that includes Congress
- 24. The branch of government that includes the Supreme Court
- 25. The year the Constitutional Convention was held
- 26. The city where the Constitutional Convention was held in 1787
- 27. After the Revolutionary War, states fought over this and trade
- 28. The first weak government that couldn't collect taxes or enforce laws
Down
- 1. The document created by the delegates that still guides the U.S. today
- 2. The number of delegates who attended the convention
- 4. The state that did not send delegates to the convention
- 5. The branch of government that includes the President
- 6. The compromise that created two houses of Congress with different representation methods
- 8. The duration of the Constitutional Convention in months
- 11. Smaller states wanted every state to have this type of representation
- 12. The month when delegates signed the Constitution (September 17, ____)
- 13. The number of branches the framers divided government power into
- 14. The fraction that enslaved people were counted as for representation
- 18. The date the Constitution was signed (September ____, 1787)
- 23. Known as the "Father of the Constitution," he wrote many key ideas
