Constitutional Convention

5. The buying and selling of goods between states or countries, which the national government gained power to regulate.
7. The part of government that makes laws; includes the House of Representatives and the Senate
9. Leaders who helped create the U.S. Constitution.
10. To officially approve the Constitution.
12. The number of people living in a state.
16. Upper house of Congress with equal representation for each state.
17. A government where people elect representatives to make decisions.
22. Goods brought into a country from another country.
23. Lower house of Congress based on state population.
25. A tax placed on imported goods coming into a country.
26. People forced into slavery with no legal rights.
30. Proposal that favored large states with representation based on population.
31. States that generally opposed counting enslaved people for representation.
32. Goods sent out of a country to another country.
34. Proposal that favored small states with equal representation.

1. Agreement counting three out of five enslaved people for representation and taxes.
2. A list of rights and freedoms for citizens that was not included in the original Constitution but added later.
3. How states or people are represented in government.
4. Agreement creating a two-house Congress.
6. The city in Pennsylvania where the Constitutional Convention was held in 1787.
8. A meeting in 1787 where delegates met in Philadelphia to fix the government.
11. America’s first government, which was too weak to solve problems.
13. An agreement where both sides give up something.
14. A loose union of states with a weak central government, like under the Articles of Confederation.
15. A legislature with two houses.
18. Delegate who proposed the Virgina Plan and helped design the new government.
19. Delegate who proposed the New Jersey Plan and helped design the new government.
20. Elected president of the Constitutional Convention.
21. A legislature with one house.
24. To change or improve something.
27. A representative chosen by a state to attend the Convention.
28. Each state has the same number of votes.
29. States that wanted enslaved people counted to gain more power.
33. Money paid to the government to support it.