Government Unit 1

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Across
  1. 2. Government by one person
  2. 6. Created idea of balance of power
  3. 8. Protected rights of all English citizens
  4. 11. Power is held by the people and used by them directly or indirectly to make decisions
  5. 12. Ability to enforce their own laws without approval of any other authority
  6. 14. Seperated America from Great Britain
  7. 17. Type of democracy when all voters get to vote on every issue
  8. 18. Period when the colonies were allowed to experiment with government
  9. 21. Created the idea of life, liberty, and property
  10. 22. Fight between French and British over land occupied by Indians
  11. 23. Scholars start asking why the government works the way it does
  12. 24. nation with some form of Government
  13. 25. Established Americas first government but federal government was weak
Down
  1. 1. Community of people united by language, religion, or culture
  2. 3. Government is controlled by a small group
  3. 4. Created social contract theory
  4. 5. Whatever people decide that has authority to make decisions for a nation, state or group of people
  5. 7. People surrender some rights to the government for the greater security of their other rights
  6. 9. Highlighted weaknesses of AOC
  7. 10. Type of democracy where voters elect representatives to make decisions for them
  8. 13. First Congress in America
  9. 15. Make the argument to leave Great Britain
  10. 16. Established that the king is not above the law
  11. 19. Argued for Federalism
  12. 20. Established the Rule of Law in America for the first time