Unit 2: Foundations of Government

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Across
  1. 4. Idea that government should make decisions that benefit most people
  2. 9. Membership in a nation that includes rights and responsibilities
  3. 12. Formal agreement between nations
  4. 13. The United States’ first constitution, which created a weak central government
  5. 14. Freedoms protected by law, such as speech and religion
  6. 16. Dividing government into three branches with different responsibilities
  7. 17. System where each branch limits the power of the others
  8. 19. The branch of government that enforces the laws
  9. 20. Movement that emphasized reason, natural rights, and influenced the Founders
  10. 21. Idea that government only has the powers the people give it
  11. 22. The branch of government that makes the laws
Down
  1. 1. 1689 document that protected the rights of English citizens and influenced the U.S.
  2. 2. Duties like voting, serving on juries, and obeying laws
  3. 3. The branch of government that interprets the laws
  4. 5. Document written in 1776 announcing the colonies’ separation from Britain
  5. 6. Thinker such as John Locke or Montesquieu who influenced the Constitution
  6. 7. 1215 English document that first limited the king’s power
  7. 8. Principle that government gets its power from the people
  8. 10. Form of government where people have power through voting
  9. 11. The introduction to the U.S. Constitution that begins “We the People”
  10. 15. The written plan of government for the United States
  11. 18. Division of power between national and state governments