OUR PUZZLING HISTORY

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Across
  1. 6. a document that limited the rights of the English monarch in 1628
  2. 8. giving different powers to different parts of the government
  3. 9. the basis for the principle of limited government
  4. 10. Franklin's failed plan to unite the colonies
  5. 13. one chamber
  6. 14. set clear limits on what the monarch of England has the rights to do
  7. 18. first basic system of laws in the English colonies
  8. 20. author of "Common Sense"
  9. 22. Jamestown was settled in what year
  10. 23. closed Boston Harbor and withdrew the right to self government in the colonies
  11. 24. the first constitution of the Unites States
  12. 25. document that gave people the right to elect judges, representatives, and governor
  13. 26. when the power of the monarch is not absolute
Down
  1. 1. wrote "The Spirit of Laws"
  2. 2. reason why King George III wanted to tax the colonies more
  3. 3. this document officially split the colonies from England
  4. 4. colonists protested the tax on tea by dumping tea into the Boston harbor
  5. 5. one of the reasons the relationship between the colonies and Britain changed
  6. 7. a government in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government
  7. 11. Locke's writing about his ideas of natural rights
  8. 12. the first written plan for self government in the colonies
  9. 15. Declaration of Independence approved
  10. 16. first direct tax on the colonies
  11. 17. an agreement prohibiting trade
  12. 19. money collected by the government
  13. 21. officially approved4