Across
- 2. jersey plan/ William Paterson proposed a new structure for the united states government that had equal representation in the house and senate
- 6. legislature/ Having two separate houses within the legislative branch
- 9. veto/ the power the president has to override legislation passed by congress
- 10. of confederation/ the first constitution for the united states that was made by the original thirteen states
- 12. Party/ the first American political party, it called for strong national government and was led by Alexander Hamilton
Down
- 1. the process of a government body making a law
- 3. one of the two houses in the legislative branch
- 4. Compromise/ an agreement reached between the large and small states during the constitutional convention and decided the structure of the legislative branch
- 5. legislature/ having one house in the legislative branch
- 7. Convention/ the meeting at which delegates from all the states gathered to discuss and propose ideas to revise the articles of confederation
- 8. plan/ a new structure of government proposed by Edmund Randolph that included 15 proposals including a bicameral legislature
- 11. and balances the system built into our constitution that guarantees that no one branch of our government could overpower the others.