Across
- 4. meeting that lasted four months; Were suppose to meet to revise the Articles, but instead they threw the whole thing and started from scratch
- 8. opposed the Constitution, partly because it had no bill of rights
- 11. all powers not given to the federal government belong to the state governments
- 12. Plan of government adopted by the continental Congress after the American Revolution; but allowed few important powers to the central government
- 13. right to form a militia and bear arms
- 15. right to freedom of speech, religion, press, assemble, and petition the government
- 16. All “free persons” should be counted; All “other persons” count as three-fifths a person
Down
- 1. no cruel or unusual punishment
- 2. do not have to testify against yourself
- 3. supported the Constitution (and generally saw a bill of rights as unnecessary)
- 5. Called for unicameral Congress of the Confederation; Each state would have equal representation
- 6. proposed 3 branches of government and the Legislative branch would be bicameral: representation in house would be based on either population or money given to central government
- 7. election system where each state votes for electors to vote for a president
- 9. congress should be composed of two houses (bicameral); States would have equal representation in the SENATE; States would also have representation based on population in the HOUSE
- 10. no unreasonable searches or seizures
- 14. the first ten amendments to the constitution