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Across 2. Debates in which states had to decide whether or not to ratify the Constitution, so it could go into effect; Nine states had to ratify (3 Words) 4. Plan that included equal representation by each state; Supported by the smaller states (3 Words) 5. Series of protests from 1786-1787 held mostly by farmers; Rebellion against tax collectors and judges for their debt (2 Words) 6. Debates about ideas for the new Constitution; Meetings where the Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 were taken (2 Words) 7. Place where Shay's Rebellion occurred 8. Former Revolutionary War Captain; Led a rebellion of about 1,000 men to seize arms from a state warehouse; Arrested along with other leaders of the rebellion. (2 Words) 9. Delegate of the Constitutional Convention; Wrote the Great Compromise (2 Words) 12. Convention that took place in 1787; It included Roger Sherman, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and James Madison; They made improvements to the Constitution (2 Words)

Down 1. Notes published by James Madison on several meetings about the Constitution (9 Words) 3. Plan that was a compromise of the Virginia and New Jersey Plan (2 Words) 10. Political Theorist, American statesman, and 4th President of the US; One of the publishers of the Federalist Papers (2 Words) 11. Plan that included representation based on population; Supported by the large states (2 Words)