Civics: Unit 1.2

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Across
  1. 3. Belief that individuals are born and vested by God and "nature" with basic rights that cannot be taken away by governments
  2. 4. Written by Thomas Paine, to challenge the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy
  3. 7. Judicial proceedings or other government activities designed to safeguard the legal rights of the individual
  4. 10. System of fundamental laws and principles that prescribes the nature, functions, and limits of a government
  5. 12. Government and all citizens abide by the same laws
  6. 13. Attainment of what is just, especially that which is fair, moral, right, merited , or aligns with law
  7. 14. Enlightenment thinker who believed in separation of powers and checks and balances
Down
  1. 1. First document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law
  2. 2. An agreement that bound the signers to obey the government and legal system in Plymouth Colony, supporting self government
  3. 5. Division of a government into branches, each with separate, independent powers and responsibilitie
  4. 6. Agreement between the governed and the government defining and limiting the rights and duties
  5. 8. Enlightenment thinker who believed in natural rights, natural law, and social contract
  6. 9. The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority
  7. 11. A city-state