Civics Study Crossword

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  1. 6. the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776.
  2. 11. an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism".
  3. 14. the national government of the United States, a federal republic in North America, composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories and several island possessions
  4. 15. the wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services.
  5. 16. process of establishing a new state or government through the use of force
  6. 18. a form of monarchy in which the monarch holds supreme autocratic authority, principally not being restricted by written laws, legislature, or customs.
  7. 19. a system of government by one person with absolute power.
  8. 20. King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820.
  9. 21. refers to both a body of non-elected government officials and an administrative policy-making group.
  10. 22. the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices.
  11. 23. an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
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  1. 1. change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
  2. 2. government by a dictator.
  3. 3. the governing body of a nation, state, or community.
  4. 4. a form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly
  5. 5. a landmark Act in the constitutional law of England that sets out certain basic civil rights and clarifies who would be next to inherit the Crown
  6. 7. system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state
  7. 8. an organization which consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league.
  8. 9. having two branches or chambers.
  9. 10. one of the three British colonies in America (Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island) governed by royal charter without direct interference from the crown
  10. 12. a charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215.
  11. 13. is a practice in which political decisions reached by voting processes are binding upon all members of the political party.
  12. 17. the concept that the right to rule derives from God and that kings are answerable for their actions to God alone