The Origins of American Government
Across
- 3. Housing and providing for soldiers rent free
- 5. Freedom to practice religion if it is not harmful
- 7. A complaint
- 9. To make actions and choices without unreasonable restraint of government
- 10. Fairness
- 11. A system where more than one legislative branch balance power and check each other to make sure they aren't abusing it
- 14. A system where elected leaders make sure everyone is under rule of law including themselves
- 17. A government where power belongs to the people
- 18. Right to a just trial
- 20. A signed document that took power away from the king and gave it to parliament
- 23. Where America got constitutional republic from
- 24. A rule or law
- 25. A self governing city state
- 26. The government must follow rules before taking away one of your natural rights
- 27. The American rule of law
- 28. A form of government where a single ruler or small group has unlimited power
- 29. No one is above it
- 31. Law that does not have to be written down to understand it should be followed.
- 32. A monarchy where the king doesn't have all the power
- 33. When American philosophers adopted parts of ancient governments
- 37. A representative government
- 38. The person who presented the idea of separation of powers, checks, and balances
- 40. A branch of government that has power to make, change, or take away laws
- 41. A written agreement by everyone on the mayflower to have a self government
- 42. A person who puts common good before personal interests
- 43. Consent from the people to be governed
- 44. Act of parliament that outlined basic civil rights and reduced the monarch's power
- 45. A system where more than one legislative body has different government powers
- 46. The act of taxing a group of people
Down
- 1. Where America got the idea of being just and rule of law applies to everyone
- 2. The amendment that states all of your natural rights
- 4. An official group with power to make change or cancel laws
- 6. A government where power is separated or limited
- 8. A system where citizens govern themselves
- 10. The philosopher that stated the idea of natural rights in the enlightenment period
- 12. An unwritten agreement that people give up some freedom for protection from the government
- 13. Leaders the people elect to govern them
- 15. Book published by Thomas Paine explaining why you should be a patriot
- 16. Document that America sent to Great Britain declaring independence
- 19. Everyone is equal and has rule of law applied to them
- 21. A group of nobles who are the government in Great Britain
- 22. Where America got direct democracy from
- 30. Choosing a leader by majority
- 34. The court of law
- 35. Rights that cannot be changed or taken away in any way
- 36. Athens' government idea
- 39. Rights that you are born with