Review: Formation of U.S. Government

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Across
  1. 2. English philosopher who believed the government had a duty to protect people’s rights.
  2. 3. Written set of laws that provide the functions and limits of a government.
  3. 4. A weak central __________________ was to blame for economic and other problems the United States faced after the Revolution.
  4. 5. 55 delegates from 12 states came to Philadelphia in 1787 to come up with a new plan for government, this is now known as the _________________________.
  5. 11. A series of articles and essays promoting the ratification of the U.S. Constitution; written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.
  6. 14. Carta This English document limited the power of the monarch and said Kings/Queens should follow the same laws as the people.
  7. 15. Ideas that government should be based on the “laws of nature”, including the rights to liberty, equality, and the pursuit of happiness.
  8. 16. This country was the most important trade partner with the United States in the late 1700’s.
  9. 17. The approval of something, such as the Constitution.
  10. 19. High __________ led farmers in Massachusetts to rebel.
  11. 21. The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom included Thomas Jefferson’s idea that people should have _______________ freedom.
  12. 22. Territory including Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Indiana.
Down
  1. 1. Electors who cast votes to elect the president and vice president.
  2. 6. The United States had a problem with Britain after the Revolutionary War because Britain restricted _________ with the United States.
  3. 7. This compromise was made over the decision of whether to count slaves in a state’s population for representation in the government.
  4. 8. Laws that loosely tied the United States into a “league of “friendship”
  5. 9. This plan called for the legislative branch to have one house in the legislative branch, and each state would have an equal vote in Congress.
  6. 10. This plan called for a strong central government, including 2 houses in the legislative branch. The number of representatives would be based on a state’s population.
  7. 12. Protest by Massachusetts’s farmers against the government on whom they blamed for inflation and the poor economy after the Revolution.
  8. 13. This settled/established how the states were going to be represented in the legislative branch of government.
  9. 18. This branch of government is the law-making branch.
  10. 20. Voting rights.
  11. 22. The Articles of Confederation gave the Congress of the United States practically _______ power.