Across
- 2. chosen to preside at the Constitutional Convention; he later became the first president of the United States; he set precedent by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power
- 3. group of people who feared the new government created by Constitution; gave too much power to the national government at the expense of individual rights
- 7. supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited government and checks and balances
- 9. considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers
- 10. power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions, such as provinces, states, counties, parishes, or tow
Down
- 1. each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful
- 4. the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
- 5. first ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the civil rights and liberties of the people
- 6. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into the Declaration of Independence
- 8. “Father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States; essential to the writing and ratification of the Constitution; he also wrote the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that were ratified as the Bill of Rights