The Original 13 States

Across

2. The ninth state to ratify the Constitution, making it a binding document
(12 letters) New Hampshire
3. This southern "Tarheel State" originally voted against the Constitution
but finally ratified it after George Washington was inaugurated
(13 letters) North Carolina
8. Charles Pinckney, one of the four Convention delegates from the
"Palmetto State" later served as its governor (13 letters)
South Carolina
9. This state was the first to ratify the Constitution and so its nickname
became "The First State" (8 letters) Delaware
10. This state's plan called for equal representation in the legislative body
(9 letters) New Jersey
11. William Leigh Pierce, from this state, published notes from the
Convention in the Savannah Georgian (1828) that included character
sketches of delegates (7 letters) Georgia
12. Benjamin Franklin represented this state at the Convention (12 letters)
Pennsylvania
13. Roger Sherman, who proposed the "Great Compromise" was from
this state (11 letters) Connecticut

Down

1. This state's plan called for representation in the legislative body based
on population (8 letters) Virginia
4. The first capital of the United States after the Constitution was ratified
was in this state (7 letters) New York
5. This state was the site of the Annapolis Convention (8 letters)
Maryland
6. The only state that did not send delegates to the Convention and the
very last state to ratify the Constitution (11 letters) Rhode Island
7. John Adams was asked to represent this New England state at the
Convention, but he was unable to attend (13 letters) Massachusetts

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