American Government Vocab Unit 1

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Across
  1. 4. the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution concerning basic individual rights
  2. 7. demonstrates the idea of limited government that the king's power was not absolute
  3. 9. for every five slaves, the state would receive a count of three people towards their population and representatives
  4. 12. weak government after declaring independence from Britain
  5. 13. any right that exists by virtue of natural law
  6. 14. a plan that wanted a bicameral Congress and a national government that consisted of three branches of supreme power, legislative, executive, and judicial; states would gain representatives based on population; supported by larger states of the south
  7. 15. one house Congress
  8. 17. decided on a bicameral legislation (Congress) and an equal number of representatives from each state; compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan
  9. 18. A charter agreed to by King John of England that granted nobles certain rights and restricted the Kings power
  10. 20. a plan that wanted a unicameral Congress and a national government that consisted of three branches of supreme power, legislature, executive, and judicial; all states have an equal vote; supported by the small states
  11. 23. result of the Boston tea party; British close the Port of Boston and enforce the quartering of troops
  12. 24. British soldiers accidentally open fire on colonists, killing three and wounding two; led colonists to think of rebelling
  13. 25. supported the Constitution; believed a Bill of Rights was unnecessary
Down
  1. 1. tax on paper goods, required stamp; led colonists to boycott British goods
  2. 2. British impose taxes on tea, lead, glass, and paper, called Townshend Acts; patriots dressed as Indians dump 342 crates of tea into the Boston harbor
  3. 3. known as the Age of Reason
  4. 5. philosopher who believed in avoiding concentrated power, the 3 branches and checks and balances
  5. 6. provides the principle of individual rights; gave parliament more power, protected freedom of religion and speech, and limited government power
  6. 8. decided on an indirect election of the president by the Electoral College, a 4 year term, and no limit on the number of terms
  7. 10. British against the French for control of North America; British won but we're left with huge debt
  8. 11. official resolution to declare independence from Britain written by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman, and Thomas Jefferson
  9. 16. two house Congress
  10. 19. opposed the Constitution; believe a Bill of Rights was necessary to protect individual liberty
  11. 21. refers to the idea of representative government; highly values citizen participation, public good, and civic virtue
  12. 22. book written by Thomas Paine; persuasively made the case to break from England