Across
- 2. the principle of individual rights established by earlier documents
- 6. Brittish soldiers accidentally opening fire on colonists killing 3 and wounding 2
- 11. this decided on a bicameral congress. House of Representatives based on state populations and represented by an equal number from each state
- 12. intellectual thought
- 13. as a result of the Boston tea party, Brittish close port of Boston, enforce quartering of troops
- 15. gave presidents a 4 year term with no limit of terms
- 17. a document granting the rights such as no taxes without consent and provided for a jury trial
- 18. this gave congress the power to borrow money but not tax from any states, declare war but not draft soldiers, and organize post offices
- 20. with this states would gain representatives based on the population and was supported by southern states
- 21. the idea of representative government
- 22. with this all states have an equal vote and states would be thought of as independent. Supported by the small states
- 23. one house congress
Down
- 1. two house congress
- 3. demonstrated the idea of limited government that the king's power was not absolute
- 4. the north and south finally came to an agreement for every 5 slaves, the state would receive a count of 3 people towards their representatives
- 5. first ten amendments of the US constitution concerning basic individual rights
- 7. opposed the constitution
- 8. written by Thomas Paine persuasively made the case to break from England
- 9. Brittish impose taxes on tea, lead, glass, and paper so patriots dress up as Indians and dump tea into Boston harbor
- 10. supported the constitution
- 14. official resolution to declare independence from England written by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman, and Thomas Jefferson
- 16. the brittish fought the French for control of North America
- 19. tax on paper goods