The basis of the Constitution

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  1. 3. The ___________ Carta of 1215 placed limits on the power of the British monarch.
  2. 7. A movement of the 1700s that broke away a little from the church in that it promoted knowledge, reason and science as the means to improve society.
  3. 9. A British Enlightenment thinker who believed that all people have natural rights, which included the right to life, liberty, and property.
Down
  1. 1. The framers of the Constitution looked a lot to the English _______________, England's law making body. The king had to rely on them to pay for war and the royal government.
  2. 2. A System of government in which the people elect representatives to exercise power for them.
  3. 4. An Enlightenment thinker who wrote the Spirit of Laws, and declared that the powers of the government should be separated and balanced.
  4. 5. The English Bill of _____________ of 1689 was another important model for Americans. Many Americans thought the Constitution needed a Bill of Rights.
  5. 6. We must take an ____________ role as citizens in our system in which we elect people to exercise power for us.
  6. 8. A woman asked Benjamin Franklin, "What kind of government have you given us, Dr. Franklin? A republic or a monarchy?" "A republic, Madam, if _________ can keep it."