Across
- 2. Region that was based on the plantation system
- 6. first constitution of the United States
- 14. country that Jefferson wanted the United States to have a good alliance with
- 16. wrote everyone had natural rights to life, liberty, and property
- 20. plan at the Constitutional Convention that favored the large states
- 22. political party founded by Jefferson (favored state rights)
- 24. plan at the Constitutional Convention that favored the small states
- 28. British policy leaving the colonies to govern themselves before the French and Indian War
- 32. First battle of the Revolutionary War
- 36. natural rights that the government cannot take away (life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness written by Jefferson
- 38. Level of government that had the most power under America's first constitution
Down
- 1. people who were against the ratification of the Constitution
- 3. __________ War that changed the relationship between the British and American Colonies (increased taxes)
- 4. written by Thomas Jefferson to separate America from England
- 5. first example of limited self-government in the colonies was Virginia's _______
- 7. having power over the other branches of government
- 8. each branch shares governmental authority
- 9. written to influence New York to ratify the Constitution
- 10. Economy was based on shipbuilding, trade, and fishing
- 11. __________ Act passed because of the Boston Tea Party
- 12. couldn't afford to come to North America and agreed to work to payoff debt
- 13. early example of the principle of government that government derives from the people (in New England)
- 15. man associated with the Federalist Party (favored a strong central government)
- 17. turning point of the Revolutionary War (French began helping after this battle)
- 18. established by the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison
- 19. added to the Constitution to protect individual liberties
- 21. city that hosted the Constitutional Convention
- 23. Most diverse region during colonial America
- 25. type of contract made between the people and the government
- 26. compromise at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between the small and large states
- 27. only branch of government not elected
- 29. last battle of the Revolutionary War
- 30. was chief justice during the ruling of Marbury v Madison
- 31. country that Hamilton wanted the United States to have a good alliance with
- 33. wanted to establish a "city on the hill"
- 34. dividing power between the state and national government
- 35. people who favored the ratification of the Constitution
- 37. ______ crops of early colonial America were rice, indigo, and tobacco
