Across
- 3. an established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed
- 6. a French military and political leader
- 7. the first ten amendments to the US Constitution
- 8. small national government
- 9. chief staff aide to General George Washington, one of the most influential interpreters and promoters of the U.S. Constitution
- 10. the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain
- 12. two people that explored the American Northwest
- 13. young Native American woman who guided Lewis and Clark on their expedition
- 14. the acquisition of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France in 1803
- 15. the third Vice President of the United States
Down
- 1. served as the second President of the United States, the first Vice President
- 2. a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791
- 4. a body of advisers to the president, composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government
- 5. a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies
- 11. the United States Constitution provides the procedure for electing the President and Vice President
