Across
- 2. Carta, A document signed by King John in 1215, made the king subject to law.
- 3. Compromise, The agreement to make two-house legislature
- 5. Plan, New federal constitution that would give sovereignty or supreme power to the central government
- 7. Statute for Religious Freedom, This document declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money
- 10. Convention, Held in May 1787 in Philadelphia's Independence Hall to improve the Articles of Confederation
- 11. A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment
- 12. Taxes on imports or exports.
- 13. Jersey Plan, The plan gave each state an equal number of votes and thus an equal voice in the federal government
- 14. Madison, He co-wrote The Federalist Papers co-founded the Democratic-Republican Party and served as the fifth United States Secretary of State from 1801 to 1809.
Down
- 1. A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government.
- 4. Occurs when there are increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money.
- 6. of Confederation, The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution.
- 8. commerce, Trade between two or more states
- 9. The right to vote by allowing any white man who paid taxes to vote