Unit 2

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Across
  1. 3. English War against the French and the Indians
  2. 7. Part of the Intolerable Acts
  3. 11. First Representative government in colonial America
  4. 14. British East India Company does not pay same import tax as other importers
  5. 15. Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in favor of separating from England
  6. 17. British Parliament did not interfere in the government of the colonies, and America existed in relative political isolation
  7. 18. establishing colonies to provide profit for the mother country
  8. 21. founded the 13 colonies.
  9. 22. Punishments for Boston Tea Party – curfew, Britain closed Boston Harbor
  10. 23. one person elected to make decisions on the behalf of others
Down
  1. 1. Contained majority rule, consent of the governed, protected minority rights
  2. 2. a numerical majority holds the power (most votes wins)
  3. 4. Definition – England requires ALL colonial shipments stop at English ports
  4. 5. Colonies declare their independence
  5. 6. The government is restricted in what it can do (government does not have absolute power)
  6. 8. The government is only effective if the people allow the government to have power over them.
  7. 9. Direct Democracy - issues decided by majority rule
  8. 10. England banned settlements west of Appalachian Mountains to the end of the French and Indian War
  9. 12. British find colonists stockpiling weapons, so they attack colonists. Colonists win the battle
  10. 13. English Bill of Rights is a source for our Bill of Rights.
  11. 16. Established the principle of Limited Government
  12. 19. Each person votes on their own behalf; one person = one vote
  13. 20. Tax on common goods (paper, stamps, cards) to repay debt from French and Indian War