The 7 Principles

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Across
  1. 1. The system where citizens elect representatives to make decisions in the government to benefit the common good
  2. 4. The person or group who makes the rules or laws for everyone else
  3. 5. The Constitution contains this or ideas about government. These ideas form the basis of how US Government works
  4. 6. The belief that government’s power come from the people
  5. 9. The introduction to the US Constitution
  6. 10. The idea that government only has the power that the people give it
Down
  1. 2. The principle that separates power in the national government into three branches
  2. 3. The basic things that people believe the government should protect
  3. 7. The principle that divides government powers between state and national levels and includes shared powers
  4. 8. The principle that allows each branch of the federal government to watch over the other two branches so that no one branch becomes too powerful