Founding Fathers

2. John Marshall used his role as chief ______ to establish the right of the Supreme Court to judge an act of Congress illegal.
8. A change or addition to a law, constitution, or regulation.
9. First vice president and second president
10. First Secretary of Treasury
14. This department is responsible for managing the federal government's finances.
16. A group of official advisors to the president.
17. American minister to France
18. The first president of the United States

1. Established the Supreme Court's power of judicial review, which allows the court to declare laws unconstitutional
3. A written document of a plan of government
4. Author of the Declaration of Independence
5. A group that feared losing power to the federal government. Supported by small farmers.
6. Led the opposition to the Constitution
7. made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers
11. Wrote Virginia's bill of rights which became a model for our nations bill of rights
12. A group that believed a bill of rights was not needed. Supported by America's elite
13. Leader of the Massachusetts radicals and had a role in the Boston Tea Party
15. The title of the leader of our nation