Across
- 4. Washington, the leader of the Continental Army during the American Revolution
- 9. delegates who favored a weaker federal government and gave more power to the people and states
- 11. Gerry, chosen to serve as a delegate of Massachusetts at the 1787 Constitutional Convention
- 14. delegates who wanted a strong central government that had more power over the people and states
- 15. Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence
- 17. Franklin, a talented inventor scientist diplomat and writer
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- 1. The economy of the south relied on enslaved people to keep farms and plantations running
- 2. Britain, With independence from____ came a new government for the new nation
- 3. Hamilton, in 1787 he was elected as a new york delegate for the constitutional convention
- 5. New Jersey Plan, It said that each state no matter its size would have the same number of representatives in congress
- 6. Rights, some delegates wanted to add a bill of rights to the constitution to protect _____
- 7. Mason, He wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights
- 8. Great Compromise, Roger Sherman came up with an idea that Congress be made up of two parts called houses
- 10. Virginia Plan, a plan that gave Congress more power over the states and provided executive branch of government
- 12. Each state had the authority to ____ trade and taxes on imports and exports
- 13. of American Indian Nations, Some states treated the American Indians fairly Other states did not
- 16. Madison, known as the "Father of the Constitution
- 18. Hanson, Congress elected ____ to lead the Confederation Congress