Across
- 2. A system of federal courts (interpret the laws)
- 3. People who supported a stronger government
- 6. if slaves were going to be counted for representation they should be counted for purposes of taxation as well.
- 7. three branches federal federal government (legislative, executive, judicial)
- 13. opponents to the constitution, they were not truly against federalism ex: John Hancock and Patrick Henry
- 14. The president (enforce the laws)
- 15. A representative government in which elected officials represent the voice of the people
- 16. proposed scrapping of the Articles of Confederation entirely and crediting a new national government with the power to make laws binding upon the states, and to raise its own money through taxes
- 18. to reject
- 19. two houses of Congress
- 20. NJ delegate, made the NJ plan
- 21. - to formally accuse of misconduct and then remove the president or any higher official in the executive or judicial branch
- 22. governor of Virginia, made the VA plan
Down
- 1. supporters of the constitution
- 4. in one house of Congress (house of representatives) The states will be represented according to the size of their populations. In the other house (the Senate) each state would have equal representation. the eligible voters in each state would elect the House of Representatives, but the legislature would choose senators.
- 5. each branch of government has the ability to limit the power of other branches
- 8. changes to the constitution
- 9. Rule by the people
- 10. most influential nationalist, a member of the Virginia assembly, and head of that commerce committee
- 11. NY delegate
- 12. A collection of 85 essays written by James Madison Alexander Hamilton and John Jay
- 17. Congress would have a single house where all states would be represented equally, but it would also have power to raise state taxes and regulate trade