Chapter 17 Enlightenment & American Revolution

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Across
  1. 6. guarantees personal freedoms and basic rights to US citizens
  2. 7. rules discoverable by reason, such as gravity
  3. 8. officially ended the American War for Independence
  4. 10. the first US Constitution
  5. 11. English king during American Revolution
  6. 15. agreement where people give up certain rights to be a part of organized society
Down
  1. 1. leader of colonial military
  2. 2. idea that the power of government comes from the people
  3. 3. writer of the Declaration of Independence
  4. 4. a "hands off" government approach to economics
  5. 5. the first tax act when colonists were upset because they were being taxed but not represented in parliament
  6. 9. government system where the government is divided into separate powers
  7. 12. rights given to a person simply by being born, including life, liberty, and property
  8. 13. Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to encourage colonists to revolt
  9. 14. Primary writer of the US Constitution still in use