Unit 3 - Vocabulary Crossword

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  1. 3. A modification of the constitution of a polity, organization or other type of entity.
  2. 6. A late-18th-century political movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution.
  3. 9. An armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades.
  4. 13. Talk about the duties of the three main parts of government: the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch, and the Judicial Branch.
  5. 15. An American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father. He served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. He is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights.
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  1. 1. A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
  2. 2. A Nevisian-born American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first United States secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795.
  3. 4. Beginning with the words We the People, is a brief introductory statement of the Constitution's fundamental purposes and guiding principles.
  4. 5. The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
  5. 7. A formal meeting held in 1787 for the purpose of creating a constitution for the United States.
  6. 8. The original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
  7. 10. A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning.
  8. 11. A series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison between October 1787 and May 1788.
  9. 12. An American statesman, patriot, diplomat, abolitionist, signatory of the Treaty of Paris, and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as the second governor of New York and the first chief justice of the United States.
  10. 14. The federal principle or system of government.