US History Crossword Puzzle by Gabriel Heron

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  1. 5. strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves
  2. 8. slaves to America sugar, tobacco and cotton to Europe Textiles, rum and manufactured goods to Africa
  3. 9. allows citizens the freedom to practice any religion of their choice, but also prevents the government from officially recognizing or favoring any religion.
  4. 12. British laws that taxed printed goods in the American colonies, including: legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards (1765)
  5. 13. 1776, wrote by Thomas Jefferson
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  1. 1. 2 house legislative branch (senate (2)) House of Reps (population)
  2. 2. Thomas Paine: urged full revolution
  3. 3. the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain.
  4. 4. supporters of the proposed Constitution; commitment to a loose, decentralized system of gov't and implies a strong central government
  5. 6. right to rule comes from the people natural rights life liberty, property now: persuit of happiness
  6. 7. Argued that the proposed Constitution contained no protection of individual rights
  7. 10. a set of basic principles that determines the powers and duties of a government
  8. 11. Every five enslaved people in a state would count as three free persons for determining both representation and taxation