Across
- 2. The states raised more cash by ______ eachothers goods
- 4. The Articles of Confederation was the U.S. first ____________
- 7. For the new constitution to be approved and accepted, it had to be accepted by the country as a "_____"
- 9. The new constitution was a "________" because it wasn't accepted yet.
- 12. The Article of Confederation was written over a ______ after America declared it's independence
- 14. How many states are needed to ratify the constitution to be the law of the land?
- 17. The people who were against the new constitution were called...
- 19. Each state worried that the national government might favor other states, so they made a solution by making the government "too ____ to favorite anyone"
- 20. State representatives met in 1787 to discus changing the articles of confederation, and wanted to make a new document based on __________
Down
- 1. Due to a debt upcrisis, Shays _________ had happened-a fight
- 3. The new constitution was ___ instead of being bad for a period of time. (Opposite of bad)
- 5. The delegates planned to completely scrap the Articles of Confederation. They have written a blueprint for a "___ ______"
- 6. The government couldn't ___ which led to them not having much money
- 8. Some states started making their own type of _____, for people to use to buy stuff
- 10. It seemed like the new nation would ________ because they had no money and were all fighting eachother
- 11. After the war was won, the states started being ______, and not likking eachother
- 13. Samuel Adams thought instead of voting they should continue their ______
- 15. If not enough states ratify, what would happen?
- 16. Because congress couldn't levy taxes, so in the winter the army _______ because they had no money
- 18. One main reason the 13 colonies wanted to come to together was to deafeat the _______.