The American Revolution and the U.S. Conostitution

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Across
  1. 4. 1787 & 1788 essays that supported state ratification of the Constitution
  2. 6. a change attached to the end of the Constitution
  3. 10. based on both the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan; created a bicameral legislature
  4. 11. the first ten amendments to the Constitution
  5. 12. the house in Congress in which each state is represented equally
  6. 13. outlawed slavery in the Ohio Territory
  7. 15. the last name of the person who wrote most of the Constitution
  8. 16. dividing responsibilities and powers among the branches of government
  9. 17. 1783 agreement between the United States and Britain that ended the war and made the U.S. independent
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  1. 1. the government that the United States used before it adopted the Constitution
  2. 2. highest court in the United States
  3. 3. limiting the powers of the national government to those specifically listed in the Constitution
  4. 5. a system of government that splits powers and responsibilities between national and state government
  5. 7. the Supreme Court's power to declare laws unconstitutional
  6. 8. the last name of the first president of the United States
  7. 9. the last name of the person who wrote the Declaration of Independence
  8. 14. the 1765 British legislation that imposed a direct tax on the American colonists and provoked colonial resistance