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Down: 1) The ten amendments the congress passed in 1789 for the purpose of protecting civil liberties.2) divides authority to govern between different branches of government.3) allow each branch to check the powers of the other two.4) They preferred a confederation in which each state could maintain its sovereignty while being loosely unified as a nation.6) Led a number of farmers in rebellion because the government had war debts so the state of Massachusetts raised taxes.8) Washington selected him, who had recently returned from serving as ambassador to France, to be his secretary of state.9) A compromise proposed by Roger Sherman of Connecticut. Established a legislative branch with two houses. One house, called the House of Representatives. The other house, called the senate. 10) Played a role in drafting the constitution and often called the "Father of the Constitution." leader of Federalists.12) principle that even governments must obey a set of laws and respect the rights of citizens.14) Delegates of the Electoral College elected him for the first president of the United States in 1789 and again in 1792.15) a group of people who are bound by a common belief/cause, usually against another group bound by an opposing belief/cause. Across: 5) had three branches of government, but it wanted the legislative branch to consist of only one house with each state getting a single vote.7) favored a strong central government and supported the constitution.11) Leader of Federalists with James Madison.13) Proposed a federal government made up of three branches: a legislative branch to make the laws, an executive branch to enforce the laws, and a judicial branch to make sure that the laws were administered fairly.16) proposed that the federal government take on state debts that were largely due to war.17) Alexander Hamilton and James Madison helped author a series of essays.18) each slave would count as "three fifths of a person." for every 5 slaves, a state would be credited for having three people.19) Delegates got rid of the Articles of Confederation and wrote a new set of laws.20) had a different view. (Author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, was an Anti-Federalist.)
 

 

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