Historical Documents Crossword

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  1. 3. _____________________ rights (life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness)
  2. 4. Last name of the primary author of the Declaration of Independence
  3. 6. the House of Representatives + the Senate make up this lawmaking body in the Legislative Branch
  4. 8. the collective name for the first ten amendments
  5. 10. how many slaves (out of every 5) would be counted towards a southern state's population for Congress.
  6. 11. this group supported ratification of the new Constitution, seeing a need for a stronger government.
  7. 13. the term for dividing powers between the national and state governments, with distinct responsibilities for each.
  8. 15. the hypothetical agreement between a government and its people. The government serves the people, if it stops then the people have the right to overthrow it.
  9. 16. the Articles of Confederation were purposely weak because the colonists were scared of creating another ________.
  10. 18. the city that hosted the Constitutional Convention.
  11. 20. the __________________ plan favored law states because it wanted states representation to be based on population.
  12. 21. the Northwest Ordinance guaranteed freedom of __________ and other basic civil liberties.
  13. 22. this building was built at the center of each township in the Northwest Territory.
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  1. 1. this group demanded that the Bill of Rights be added to the US Constitution.
  2. 2. the Northwest __________________ of 1787 was created to decide how the Northwest Territory would be included in the US.
  3. 5. this is the country that the 13 colonies declared their independence from.
  4. 7. this is the highest court in the US
  5. 9. The name of the agreement that created a bicameral legislature based on both population and equality.
  6. 12. this office is the head of the executive branch, and serves as the leader of the USA
  7. 14. this was outlawed in the Northwest Territory by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
  8. 17. this was the first state formed in the new Northwest Territory, it became a state in 1803.
  9. 19. ______________________________ of Confederation formed as the first government of the United States