CIVIC LITERACY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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Across
  1. 3. Established direct democracy, first form of self government in the U.S
  2. 4. Avoid tyranny; the majority can't be allowed to dictate or violate the rights of the minorities.
  3. 5. Division of power among different levels of government
  4. 9. War between Britain and France over territory in the Ohio River Valley
  5. 13. Written in 1776, declared us independent of GB.
  6. 14. Rule by the people, consent of the governed
  7. 15. Government that only has those powers delegated to it by law, often through a written constitution.
Down
  1. 1. Each branch has their individual roles and responsibilities
  2. 2. People directly vote for what they want
  3. 6. Where we got some of our BOR from, gave us the idea of representative government
  4. 7. The power of the judicial branch to declare laws unconstitutional.
  5. 8. Limited the power of the king
  6. 10. States no one is above the law
  7. 11. Ensures one branch does not become too powerful.
  8. 12. The first democratically elected legislative body in the U.S