Across
- 3. Plan that proposed representation based on population
- 8. The power to reject laws or appointments
- 9. Author of the Declaration of Independence
- 10. The principle that government power comes from the people
- 12. The compromise that created a two-house legislature
- 15. The president of the Constitutional Convention
- 16. Plan that proposed equal representation for states
- 17. The idea that states share power with the federal government
- 19. The system dividing government powers into three branches
- 20. The branch that makes laws
Down
- 1. The first national government document before the Constitution (two words)
- 2. The number of original states that ratified the Constitution
- 4. Document that announced separation from Britain (two words)
- 5. The first ten amendments to the Constitution
- 6. The branch that interprets laws
- 7. The event where the Constitution was drafted
- 11. The first written plan of government for the U.S. (two words)
- 13. The legislative body created by the Articles of Confederation
- 14. The group that wrote the Constitution
- 18. The branch that enforces laws