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Across 2. Plan presented by delegates from Virginia at the Constitutional Convention; called for a three-branch government with a bicameral legislature in which each State's membership would be determined by its population or its financial support for the central government. 3. Those persons who supported the ratification of the Constitution in 1787-1788. 5. Plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes; the plan was turned down by the colonies and the Crown. 6. Forms the basis for much in American government and politics today. 7. A city's basic law, its constitution;a written grant of authority from the king. 8. Basic principle of the American system of government which asserts that the people are the source of any and all governmental power, and government can only exist with the consent of the governed. 13. System of government in which public policies are made by officials selected by the voters and held accountable in periodic elections. 14. Group of delegates who drafted the United States Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787. 16. Organized by a proprietor. 18. Basic principle of American government which states that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that the government cannot take away. 19. Challenged the idea of divine rights of kings and declared that even the monarch was subject to the laws of the land. 20. Established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and due process of law to the nobility. 21. An adjective describing a legislative body with one chamber.

Down 1. Plan of government adopted by the Continental Congress after the American Revolution. 4. Agreement during the Constitutional Convention that Congress should be composed of a Senate in which States would be represented equally, and a House in which representation would be based on a State's population. 9. A joining of several groups for a common purpose. 10. The government must act fairly and in accord with established rules in all that it does. 11. Representatives; members of Congress whi cast votes based on the wished of their constituents. 12. Plan presented as an alternative to the Virginia Plan at the Constitutional Convention; called for a unicameral legislature in which each State would be equally represented. 15. Formal approval, form of consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional ammendment, or treaty. 17. An adjective describing a legislative body composed of two chambers.