Vocab Crossword

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  1. 1. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into the Declaration of Independence
  2. 4. supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited government and checks and balances
  3. 6. 3rd president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence; he did not take part in writing the Constitution because he was in France at the time. He was a strong advocate for the addition of a Bill of Rights
  4. 11. out the other powers listed in Article I
  5. 12. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to pass all laws “necessary and proper” to
  6. 14. first plan of government adopted in the United States after the revolution; it was a loose association of states with no authority to tax, no national army, and no chief executive
  7. 15. chosen to preside at the Constitutional Convention; he later became the first president of the United States; he set precedent by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power
  8. 16. division of the powers in our government among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches; no one branch has too much power
  9. 18. government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens
  10. 19. “father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States; essential to the writing and ratification of the Constitution; he also wrote the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that were ratified as the Bill of Rights
  11. 20. the government is not all powerful; its powers are limited, and the acts of the government are those willed by the people constitution were written
  12. 21. in order for man to live in groups, he must give up some of his freedom to the government in exchange for protection of his natural rights
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  1. 2. French writer who introduced the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent one part of government from becoming too powerful
  2. 3. first ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the civil rights and liberties of the people
  3. 5. the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
  4. 7. group of people who feared the new government created by Constitution; gave too much power to the national government at the expense of individual rights
  5. 8. king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political
  6. 9. explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as originating from the people of the United States
  7. 10. considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers
  8. 13. compromise between slave states and free states to count three-fifths of the slave population in a state when allocating how many representatives a state was entitled to in the House of Representatives
  9. 17. each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful