Across
- 5. money
- 7. a plan that called for a strong national government with three branches and one house
- 10. a meeting of representatives from all states except Rhode island to revise the articles of confederation
- 14. a solution to which each side gives up some of its demands to reach an agreement
- 15. a plan at the constitutional convention that settled the differences between large and small states
Down
- 1. a 1787 law that set up a government for the northwest territory
- 2. an agreement that three-fifths of the enslaved people would count in a state's population
- 3. the first American constitution, passed in 1777, which created a loose allince of 13 independant states
- 4. a plan that called for a strong national government with three branches and two houses
- 6. a document that sets out laws, principles, organization, and proccesses of a government
- 8. the first ten amendments of the United States constitution
- 9. to give up
- 11. rebellion a 1786 revolt in Massachusetts led by farms in reaction to high taxes
- 12. to put private individuals or companies in charge of something
- 13. a period when business activity slow, prices and wages fall, and unemployment rises
