Forming a Government

2. a set of basic principles that determines the powers and duties of a government
5. trade between two or more states
7. voting rights
11. the new national constitution, which made a new Confederation Congress the national government
14. delegate from Virginia known as the "Father of the Constitution"
15. increased prices combined with the reduced value of money

1. constitutional amendments that protect the
3. meeting held in Philadelphia to create a new constitution
4. taxes on imports or exports
6. the sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country
8. official approval by the states
9. A period of low economic activity and rising unemployment
10. ____ Statue of Religious Freedom
12. branch of the president and departments that help run the government
13. a poor farmer and Revolutionary War veteran