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Across 1. The branch of government that interprets and applies the laws and settles disputes. 5. A person chosen to act for or represent a group of people. 7. One house found in Congress. Each state has TWO delegates from this house. 8. The delegates who were present at the Philidelphia Convention of 1787. They organized and wrote our Constitution. 13. One house of Congress. The number of delegates in each state from this house, is based on it's population. 14. A set of rules and laws that tells how a government is organized and run. 15. The Northwest __________________ of 1787.

Down 2. The first Constitution of the United States. It was adopted in 1781 and replaced in 1788 by our present Constitution. 3. The sharing and balancing of power among different branches of government so no one branch can completely control the others. 4. The meeting in 1787 where the U.S. Consitution was written. 6. The plan accepted at the Philadelphia Convention that called for Congress to have two houses. 7. One thousand angry farmers fighting against the Massachusetts government. 9. The first ten amendments to the Constitution. 10. The branch of government that carries out the laws. 11. The branch of government that makes the laws. 12. An American who supported Great Britain during the Revolution.