STAAR REVIEW #4 Constitutional Convention

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Across
  1. 1. The city where 55 delegates met to revise the Articles of Confederation
  2. 3. when goods or services are sent to another country
  3. 6. Plan based on equal representation among states and favored by states with a small population
  4. 8. The system created to determine President and Vice President of the United States
  5. 9. The lower house of Congress where representatives are based on population
  6. 12. A Federalist and known as "The Father of the Constitution"
  7. 14. The number of states needed to ratify the U.S. Constitution
  8. 15. authored by James Madison which called for a stronger central government and separate the powers into three branches
Down
  1. 2. Those who opposed ratification of the Constitution without a Bill of Rights
  2. 4. The event that proved the Articles of Confederation was too weak and needed to be revised; the event where farmers burned down courthouses
  3. 5. a set of 85 essays written to convince
  4. 7. A synonym for central government
  5. 10. A compromise that determined how slaves were to be counted in regards to population
  6. 11. The upper house of Congress giving each state two representatives
  7. 13. Two house legislature