The Constitution Crossword

The delegates called this new form of government a _____________, or alliance
A division of a country with some corporate powers
makes laws
Carries out laws
interprets the laws
official approval
favored the new Constitution’s balance of power between the states and the national government.
opposed having such a strong central government and were against the Constitution.
was an American soldier, revolutionary, and farmer famous for being one of the leaders in Shays Rebellion
a populist uprising against controversial debt collection and tax policies
co-wrote the Federalist Papers and sponsored the Bill of Rights.
one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, signer of the Treaty of Paris, and first Chief Justice of the United States
planter and politician who became known as an orator during the movement for independence in Virginia
political leader from Connecticut who suggested the Great Compromise
offered a two-house Congress to satisfy both small and big states
prevents one branch from dominating the others
used his experience and powers of persuasion to win support for the document he drafted
one in which two levels of government shared fundamental powers.
established a plan for surveying the land
a procedure for dividing the land into territories.
the required three-fourths of the states had ratified ten of the amendments, which became known as the