Founding principles Test II Practice

123456789101112131415161718
Across
  1. 5. What group opposed a strong national government and demanded a Bill of Rights?
  2. 7. and Balances What system allows each branch of government to limit the power of the others?
  3. 13. What 1765 law taxed paper goods and legal documents in the American colonies?
  4. 14. of Law What concept states that everyone, including government officials, must follow the law?
  5. 15. What 1770 event involved British soldiers killing five colonists in a confrontation?
  6. 17. What series of laws, passed in 1774, were meant to punish Boston for the Tea Party?
  7. 18. What group supported a strong national government and the ratification of the U.S. Constitution?
Down
  1. 1. What British law restricted colonial expansion west of the Appalachian Mountains?
  2. 2. What are changes or additions to the Constitution called?
  3. 3. What principle divides power between national and state governments?
  4. 4. What 1767 laws placed duties on goods like glass, paint, and tea?
  5. 6. What 1776 document formally stated the American colonies' separation from Britain?
  6. 8. Powers What type of powers are shared by both the federal and state governments?
  7. 9. What 1773 protest involved colonists dumping British tea into Boston Harbor?
  8. 10. Rights What term refers to the freedoms people are born with, such as life, liberty, and property?
  9. 11. Powers What type of powers are kept by the states under the U.S. Constitution?
  10. 12. of Powers What principle prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful by dividing responsibilities?
  11. 16. What term means to formally approve a document or law?