Birth of a Nation Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. to agree
  2. 5. obvious, having no need of proof
  3. 7. a series of essays written to explain and defend the proposed U.S. Constitution
  4. 9. a government that abuses its power
  5. 10. the process of formally approving something
  6. 13. something owed; such as money
  7. 15. the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, establishing rights and protections for American citizens
  8. 16. to collect by legal authority
  9. 17. a principle of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches
  10. 18. a complaint
  11. 20. governing body responsible for making laws
  12. 22. a meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 where delegates decided to throw out the Articles of Confederation and draft the Constitution
  13. 23. a series of essays written to counter and defeat the proposed U.S. Constitution
  14. 24. to be given something naturally
Down
  1. 1. a group of people in the early United States who opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution because they feared a strong national government and a lack of protection for individual rights
  2. 3. the structure of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that sets up three branches with their ow distinct powers and responsibilities
  3. 4. to take
  4. 5. an event when 2000 Massachusetts farmers rebelled against land foreclosures and debt from the Revolutionary War
  5. 6. the act of exercising power by force
  6. 8. basic rights of the people that may not be taken away
  7. 11. the first constitution of the United States, adopted in 1781 and replaced in 1789
  8. 12. an implied agreement among the people of an organized society that defines the rights, duties, and limitations of the governed and the government
  9. 14. a group of people in the early United States who favored the establishment of a strong national government and who worked for ratification of the U.S. Constitution
  10. 19. a system of government where power is located with the independent states and there is little power in the central government
  11. 21. lawmaking body of Great Britain