Across
- 1. - In the era prior to the revolution, British courts could keep a suspect in jail without accusing him/her of a crime or bringing them into a court of law. Many suspects sat in prison for years awaiting trial, only to be found innocent and released.
- 3. - The English gov't had suppressed speech, assembly and press rights in an attempt to quell the growing colonial discontent.
- 6. -The founders wanted to be certain that rights in the B. of R. were not thought to be the only possible rights.
- 7. - British troops often search houses and property at will, in an attempt to suppress organizations working towards a revolution.
- 8. - Many of the founding fathers feared the domination of the people and the states by a powerful federal government. To insure the containment of this power, people and states are granted all the powers that the federal government is not.
Down
- 1. - This provision protected the idea of trial by jury (a fundamental notion in both English and American law) and extended it to all cases private or public.
- 2. - Many accused under British law in the colonies, were jailed without being accused of a crime. It was also not uncommon for a person in the colonies to be tried under the laws of Britain, without regard to the local laws passed within the colonies.
- 4. - In the period prior to the revolution, the English attempted to limit militia activity, as they rightly feared preparations for a coming revolution.
- 5. -Even given that English laws applied to the colonies, English run colonial courts did not enforce the law evenly or fairly in the eyes of many. Excessive fines were levied for small offenses and extended sentences were given colonists perceived as threats for even the most minor offenses.
- 9. - The Quartering Act passed by English Parliament required the colonists to house and feed British troops stationed in the colonies.