Creating a New Government

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Across
  1. 2. An official approval.
  2. 5. The Constitutional Convention's agreement to count three-fifths of a state's slaves as population for purposes of representation and taxation.
  3. 6. A government in which people elect representatives to govern for them.
  4. 8. A system of government where power is shared among the central (or federal) government and the states.
  5. 10. A meeting held in 1787 to consider changes to the Articles of Confederation; resulted in drafting the Constitution.
  6. 12. It described how the Northwest Territory was to be governed and set conditions for settlement and settlers' rights.
  7. 13. A person who opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
Down
  1. 1. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which lists citizens' rights and freedoms.
  2. 3. An uprising of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers in 1787.
  3. 4. A document, adopted by in 1777 that outlined the form of government of the new United States.
  4. 7. the Constitutional Convention's agreement to establish a two-house national legislature.
  5. 9. A supporter of the Constitution.
  6. 11. A territory covered by the Land Ordinance of 1785, which included land that would form the states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and parts of Minnesota.