Across
- 3. form of government in which political power is exercised directly by the citizens
- 6. powers not expressly granted to Congress but added through the necessary and proper clause
- 9. form of government where citizens vote for officials to represent them
- 12. required colonists to export certain items only to Britain
- 13. electors selected to represent the votes of their respective states
- 14. to formally withdraw from a nation-state
- 17. the branch of government that makes the laws
- 18. doctrine holding that state and federal governments have almost completely separate functions
- 24. imposed tax on almost all paper products
- 26. those who supported the constitution
- 27. The initial governing authority of the United States (1781-88)
- 28. splits powers between nation and state
- 29. powers held by the national and state governments in a federal system
- 30. Documents that establish the rules for how society will be governed
Down
- 1. powers expressly granted to congress by the constitution
- 2. makes federal law supreme over state law
- 4. system of government where ultimate authority rests with the state government
- 5. system of government where ultimate authority rests with the national government
- 7. amendment that prohibits states from denying the right to vote on account of race
- 8. groups of people sharing similar views and interests in order to win elections
- 10. keep any branch of government from becoming too powerful
- 11. creator of the Virginia Plan
- 15. who proposed the Connecticut Compromise
- 16. right of states to invalidate acts of congress they believe to be illegal
- 19. required states to return runaway slaves
- 20. list of rights granted to the people that can not be taken away
- 21. colonists dump taxed tea into Boston Harbor
- 22. powers retained by the states under the constitution
- 23. power that the president has to block legislation
- 25. rule by the people