Across
- 5. made sure that one of the branches of government did not get too powerful
- 10. every 5 slaves in a state would count as three free persons
- 14. the promise the federalists made to attach to the Constitution
- 16. the creator of the New Jersey Plan
- 18. changes to the Constitution
- 19. many of the antifederalists
- 20. rule by the people
Down
- 1. the governor of New York who was an antifederalist
- 2. supporters of the Constitution
- 3. opposed the Constitution
- 4. the date of the first meeting of the new congress
- 6. did not get rid of the articles ad instead it modifies them to make the central government stronger
- 7. was chosen to become the first president under the new Constitution
- 8. proposed to get rid of the articles and create a new national government
- 9. divided government power between federal and state governments
- 11. the two states that had not ratified the Constitution
- 12. the state that waited until the bill of rights was proposed to ratify the Constitution
- 13. his idea was used in the Great Compromise
- 15. the leaders of the federalists
- 17. the majority of the delegates that attended the convention in Philadelphia