Across
- 5. Proposal favoring equal representation for all states.
- 6. Idea that governments exist by the consent of the governed.
- 7. Essays written to persuade states to ratify the Constitution
- 8. Supported the Constitution and a strong central government
- 10. 1776 document declaring American independence from Britain
- 13. First plan of government for the U.S., weak central authority.
- 15. First ten amendments to the Constitution guaranteeing personal freedoms
- 17. A lawmaking body with only one house
- 18. Combined Virginia and New Jersey plans; created two-house Congress
- 19. Division of government into legislative, executive, and judicial branches
- 20. Makes the Constitution the highest law of the land
- 22. Counted enslaved people as partial population for representation and taxes
Down
- 1. A lawmaking body made up of two chambers or houses
- 2. System ensuring no branch of government becomes too powerful
- 3. Alliance of independent states with a weak central government
- 4. Powers specifically given to the federal government by the Constitution
- 9. Power of the president to reject a bill passed by Congress
- 11. Basic rights all humans are born with: life, liberty, property
- 12. Powers kept by the states under the Constitution
- 14. Opposed the Constitution and wanted a Bill of Rights added.
- 16. Government structure dividing power between national and state levels
- 21. Proposal favoring representation based on state population