Citizenship and the Constitution Crossword

meeting held in Philadelphia to create a new constitution
a delegate from Virginia who contributed many ideas that shaped the Constitution
a plan giving supreme power to the central government and creating a bicameral legislature made up of two groups, or houses, of representatives
a plan creating a unicameral, or one house, legislature
an agreement that gave each state one vote in the upper house of the legislature and a number of representatives based on its population in the lower house
only three-fifths of a states slaves were counted when deciding representatives in Congress
the idea that political power belongs to the people
a Congress of two houses that proposes and passes laws
the president and the departments that help run the government
a system of all the national courts
a system that keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful
the sharing of power between a central government and the states
official changes to a document
people who supported the Constitution
essays supporting the Constitution
people who opposed the Constitution
constitutional amendments that protect the rights of citizens