Chapter 20: Enlightenment and Revolution in England and America
Across
- 1. published the Spirit of the Laws
- 4. King George's prime minister in 1770
- 5. wrote Two Treatises of Government and influenced the Declaration of Independence writers
- 8. supporters of the Parliament in the English Civil War
- 11. document outlining basic laws and principles that govern a nation
- 13. handbook describing the ideas of the Enlightenment
- 15. head of government in Great Britain
- 16. supported independence for the colonies
- 20. sea captain traders and pirates
- 21. published the Social Contract
- 24. first ten amendments to the US Constitution
- 25. plan of government ratified by the American colonies in 1781
- 27. joint rulers of England following James II
- 28. spokesperson for women's rights
- 30. form of government in which the federal government is given many important powers while the states all remaining powers
- 31. company that lasted nearly 260 years and helped Great Britain develop into an overseas power
- 34. time period under Charles II in which the English monarchy was restored
- 35. law passed in 1651 requiring that all goods shipped to England from other countries be carried on English ships or by ships of the producing country
- 37. supported remaining part of Great Britain
- 38. officers who were heads of government departments
- 40. angry colonists threw a shipment of tea into Boston Harbor
- 42. chief American negotiator between the British and Americans following the Revolution
- 44. called the 7 Years War in Europe, fought in North America between Britain and France
- 48. leader of the Puritans that defeated Charles I in 1645
- 49. first permanent English settlement in North America
- 50. united England and Scotland into one kingdom
- 51. bloodless transfer of power in the English monarchy
- 53. wrote the Declaration of Independence
- 54. first English sea captain to sail around the globe
- 55. belief that reason and the scientific method could logically explain human nature
- 56. voyages gave England its first claim in North America
- 57. wrote Leviathan
Down
- 2. idea that absolute monarchs should rule but by principals of the Enlightenment
- 3. beginning battles of the American Revolution
- 4. makes the laws
- 6. sailed on behalf of Dutch; one of the first to search for the Northwest Passage
- 7. tax placed on printed materials in the colonies
- 9. named so because of the on and off meetings with Charles over 20 years
- 10. idea that government is created by and controlled by the people
- 12. commander of the American forces during the American Revolution
- 14. "you shall have the body"
- 17. led by Oliver Cromwell; abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords
- 18. emphasized personal liberties
- 19. form of government in which the king or queen is the head of state but Parliament has much power
- 22. interprets the laws
- 23. supporters of the king during the English Civil War
- 26. granted religious freedoms to some non-Anglican Protestants but not Catholics or Jews
- 29. enforces the laws
- 32. passed in 1689 as a condition of William and Mary taking the throne; gave Parliament the power to choose ruler of the country
- 33. wrote the Encyclopedia
- 36. reparations for the Boston Tea Party
- 39. ended the French and Indian War
- 41. presented to Charles I by Parliament outlining certain ancient liberties
- 43. first Hanoverian king born in England; king during the American Revolution
- 45. thinkers of the Enlightenment
- 46. wanted a strong Parliament and opposed having a Catholic ruler in England
- 47. republic
- 52. believed in a hereditary monarchy for England