Across
- 3. many basic rights, such as due process and trial by jury, to all English
- 5. Bill of Rights-A document signed in 1689 that required free elections and
- 8. Jersey Plan-a plan calling for a central government with a unicameral legislature
- 9. to raise armed forces, regulate trade, and deal jointly with Native Americans
- 12. approval of a proposal
- 15. Compromise-an agreement to divide Congress into two houses, one
- 21. branches, with each state’s representation in a bicameral legislature based mainly
- 22. of Right-a document signed in 1628 that required the English king to obey the
- 24. process-protection against the unjust taking of life, liberty, or property
- 25. representative
- 26. of Confederation-the agreement, effective in 1781, that established the first
- 29. only one house, as in a one house legislature
- 30. name given to colonies organized and governed according to the will of
- 31. Plan-a plan offered at the Convention that called for a central government with
- 33. sovereignty-the principle that government exists only with the consent of the
- 34. and guaranteed certain fundamental rights
- 35. of the land and increased the influence of Parliament
- 36. Compromise-an agreement to count each slave as three fifths of a
Down
- 1. written grant of authority from the king
- 2. individuals who attended the Philadelphia Convention
- 4. government-the idea that government is restricted in what it may do and that
- 6. government of the United States
- 7. population
- 9. and Slave Trade Compromise-an agreement forbidding Congress from
- 10. equal representation of all the states.
- 11. person opposing ratification of the proposed U.S.
- 13. person favoring ratification of the proposed U.S. Constitution
- 14. Carta-the Great Charter signed in 1215 that limited the powers of the English
- 16. a joining of several different groups for a common purpose
- 17. two houses, as in a two-house legislature
- 18. representation based on state population and one with equal representation for all
- 19. by the will of the people
- 20. Plan of Union-Benjamin Franklin’s proposal that the 13 colonies form a
- 23. state exports or interfering with the slave trade for at least 20 years
- 27. individual has certain rights that government cannot remove
- 28. government-the idea that government should both serve and be
- 30. when determining state population
- 32. proprietor, a person granted land and authority by the king