Semester One Review

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Across
  1. 1. Father of the Navy, "I have not yet begun to fight!"
  2. 3. British reaction to the Boston Tea Party
  3. 4. A special group of voters selected by their state's voters to vote for the president and vice president
  4. 9. Commander of the Continental Army during the Revolution
  5. 13. People elect their political representatives
  6. 15. The first representative government in the colonies
  7. 16. The turning point of the Revolution
  8. 19. A tradition that others follow, typically in the presidency
  9. 22. Rich soil, mild winters, large farms, logging, fishing, shipbuilding, New York and Philadelphia
  10. 26. Established a bicameral legislature
  11. 27. Power is held by the people and exercised through the efforts of representatives elected by those people
  12. 29. 5,000 men owning 60 acres each; total population of 60,000; established self-government
  13. 32. wrote the Declaration of Independence
  14. 34. A pamphlet aimed at persuading colonists to support the fight for independence
  15. 35. Group of colonists who wanted to break away from the king of England
  16. 37. 1st battles of the Revolution
  17. 39. Representation should be based on population
  18. 40. Our first attempt at government, was too weak and didn't allow the central govnermnent enough power
  19. 41. Led by Madison and Hamilton, and wanted a strong central government
  20. 42. Two house law making body
  21. 46. Independence recognized, boundaries extended to Canada, Mississippi River, and Florida
  22. 47. Father of the Constitution
  23. 49. Basic liberties and rights for all citizens are guaranteed in the Bill of Rights
  24. 50. Power is divided between the national and state governments
  25. 51. Guaranteed individual rights for the people
  26. 52. rich soil, warm climate, raw materials, plantations, slaves, Savannah and Charleston
  27. 53. Ended the Revolution with Cornwallis surrendering
Down
  1. 1. led by the Supreme Court Justices and they interpret laws
  2. 2. An agreement that established the idea of self-government and majority rule
  3. 5. Led by Congress and they make laws
  4. 6. Led by Jefferson and Henry, wanted a Bill of Rights and limited Executive branch
  5. 7. subsistence farming, poor soil, clod climate, forest, raw, materials, logging, fishing, shipbuilding, Boston
  6. 8. to settle in a new land for a country
  7. 10. People are the source of the government's power
  8. 11. Each of the three branches of government has its own responsibilities
  9. 12. Represented British soldiers after the Boston Massacre because he felt everyone deserved a fair trial
  10. 14. First written constitution in the colonies
  11. 17. A trade route that went from the West Indies, Western Africa and the Americas
  12. 18. Colonists were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
  13. 20. Led by the president and they enforce laws
  14. 21. required that all legal documents have an official stamp showing that a tax had been paid
  15. 22. System in which a nation increases its wealth by obtaining raw materials from its colonies
  16. 23. Equal representation for the states
  17. 24. Natural rights guaranteed to people, as a result of being human, instead of by the law
  18. 25. significant because this represented the establishment of self-government in the colonies; Signed the Mayflower Compact; 1620
  19. 28. Harsh winter in Pennsylvania where Washington trained his troops
  20. 30. wrote Common Sense
  21. 31. The purpose was to encourage the ratification of the Constitution
  22. 33. Motto was "Give me liberty, or give me death"
  23. 34. Each branch of government holds some control over the other two branches
  24. 36. formal plan of government
  25. 38. Protest led by the Sons of Liberty opposing the Tea Act
  26. 43. a change to an official document
  27. 44. Group of colonists who were loyal to the king of England
  28. 45. Angry farmers shut down the courts, and set in motion revising the AOC
  29. 48. Significant because it became a profitable venture producing tobacco and using enslaved Africans; 1607