5.3 - A new plan of Government

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Across
  1. 2. the division of authority among executive, legislative, and judicial branches to make sure that no one branch has too much power.
  2. 3. The delegates who shaped the Constitution were called ___________.
  3. 5. French writer Baron de ___________ declared in The Spirit of Laws (1748) that the power of the government should be separated and balanced against each other.
  4. 9. a system by which each branch of government limits the power of other branches so that one branch does not become too powerful.
  5. 11. Sharing of powers between federal and state governments.
  6. 13. The branch of government that executes, or carries out, the law and that is headed by the president.
  7. 15. Those who opposed the Constitution were called ___________.
  8. 16. The Special group that elects the president.
Down
  1. 1. A special group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president.
  2. 4. The belief that all people have a right to life, liberty, and property was promoted by the philosopher named ________ ___________.
  3. 6. Those who __________ the Constitution feared the national government would take rights away from people.
  4. 7. The branch of government that interprets the law; it includes courts that settle disputes and questions of the law.
  5. 8. lawmaking branch of government.
  6. 10. A series of essays written by John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton that explained and defended the Constitution.
  7. 12. People who supported the new Constitution were called ___________.
  8. 13. The movement that influenced the architects (writers) of the Constitution was the _____________ Period.
  9. 14. Both the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights, greatly influenced the U.S. ____________.