Across
- 3. an agreement where the upper house would have equal representatives from each state while the lower hose would have proportional representatives based on state population
- 7. outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, judicial, and executive
- 8. decided that the best solution to the countries problems was to set aside the articles of confederation and write a new constitution
- 13. branch of government that carries out laws
- 16. a document that the principles on which our government and identity as Americans are based
- 17. a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority
Down
- 1. spells out Americas rights in relation to their government
- 2. an agreement among the 13 states that served as the nations first frame of government
- 4. determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when deciding state population for representatives and taxes
- 5. branch of government that makes laws
- 6. a person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. constitution
- 9. proposed a one-house legislature with equal votes of states and an executive elected by a legislature
- 10. the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid
- 11. a person selected to represent a group of people in some political assembly of the U.S.
- 12. a doctrine of constitutional law under which the three branches of government are kept separate
- 14. branch of government that evaluates laws
- 15. supreme power or authority, entails hierarchy within the state as well as external autonomy for states