Across
- 6. 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
- 9. 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 right
- 11. Chosen to preside at the Constitutional Convention; became 1st President of the U.S.; set precedent by stepping down after two terms, initiating peaceful transition of power
- 13. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into the Declaration of Independence
- 15. 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
- 17. third president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence; did not take part in writing the Constitution because he was in France at the time; a strong advocate for the addition of a Bill of Rights
- 19. government is defined by law and serves the people; the law is above everyone and it applies to everyone, whether ruler or the ruled
- 20. power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions, such as provinces, states, counties, parishes, or towns
Down
- 1. the citizens have political authority, are bound by social contract to obey laws with rights guaranteed by a constitution; citizens willingly subordinate their private, selfish interests to the common good
- 2. belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority
- 3. division of the powers in our government among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches; no one branch has too much power
- 4. supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited government and checks and balances
- 5. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution giving Congress the right to pass all laws "necessary & proper" to carry out the other powers listed in Article I
- 7. group who feared the new government created by the Constitution gave too much power to the national government at the expense of individual rights
- 8. explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as originating from the people of the United States
- 10. king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political - often times tied to divine right of kings (authority from God)
- 12. first ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the civil rights and liberties of the people
- 14. 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
- 16. the government is not all powerful; its powers are limited, and the acts of the government are those willed by the people
- 18. powers saved for the states in our system of federalism, guaranteed in the Ninth Amendment to the Constitution