vocabulary crossword

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  1. 3. king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political – often times tied to divine right of kings (authority from God).
  2. 4. first ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the civil rights and liberties of the people.
  3. 7. type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights from the tyranny of the majority and on the consent of the governed to establish political authority.
  4. 8. 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.
  5. 10. supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited government and checks and balances.
  6. 13. the citizens have political authority and are bound by social contract to obey laws with their rights guaranteed by a constitution; citizens willingly subordinate their private, selfish interests to the common good.
  7. 14. 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. 15. 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.
  9. 16. 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.
  10. 18. 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.
  11. 19. French writer who introduced the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent one part of government from becoming too powerful.
  12. 20. a representative democracy in which a small group of leaders, elected by the citizens, represents the concerns of the people; the interests of the majority take precedence over the interests of a few.
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  1. 1. “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.
  2. 2. government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens.
  3. 5. 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. 6. 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
  5. 9. 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.
  6. 11. belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority.
  7. 12. considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the constitution and helped write the federalist papers.
  8. 17. government is defined by law and serves the people; the law is above everyone and it applies to everyone, whether ruler or the ruled.