Constitutional Convention Crossword

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  1. 3. The first form of government in the United States (first constitution)
  2. 5. the meetings of the delegates from the thirteen colonies that united in support of the american revolution
  3. 7. an article signed on September 17, 1787
  4. 9. the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
  5. 11. the state where the constitutional convention was held
  6. 12. the "father of the constitution"
  7. 16. the method used to elect a president in the United States
  8. 17. people get most of the power
  9. 18. opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution because they feared that the new national government would be too powerful
  10. 19. the most important anti federalist, inspiring many to also believe in it
  11. 20. made slaves equalto 3/5 of one person
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  1. 1. a plan that called for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature.
  2. 2. the place where the constitution was made
  3. 4. a plan designed to protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in Congress, as under the Articles of Confederation
  4. 6. the person who was chosen as president of the constitutional convention
  5. 8. central government gets most of the power
  6. 10. the first political party in the United States
  7. 13. the state that did not attend the constitutionalconvention
  8. 14. a type of legislature that is divided into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses
  9. 15. these states would dominate both houses of congress under the Virginia plan