Across
- 2. A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.
- 3. "Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning representation.
- 4. Head of Shay's Rebellion; he and several other angry farmers violently protested against debtor's jail; eventually crushed; aided in the creation of constitution because land owners now wanted to preserve what was theirs from "mobocracy"
- 6. A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures.
- 9. trade between two or more states
- 13. A long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
- 14. Formal approval
- 15. American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792)
- 16. Agreement that each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in determining representation in the House for representation and taxation purposes (negated by the 13th amendment)
- 19. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
- 21. A general and progressive increase in prices
- 22. A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
- 23. Taxes on imported goods
- 24. Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house
Down
- 1. A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War.
- 5. The first ten amendments to the the constitution.
- 7. The meeting of state delegates in 1787 in Philadelphia called to revise the Articles of Confederation. It instead designed a new plan of government, the US Constitution.
- 8. the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215
- 10. the branch of government that makes the laws
- 11. Opponents of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government, generally.
- 12. the branch of government that carries out laws
- 17. A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs and the fundamental laws that govern a society
- 18. Branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly.
- 20. the legal right to vote
- 25. Rebellion led by Daniel Shays of farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787, protesting mortgage foreclosures. It highlighted the need for a strong national government just as the call for the Constitutional