Across
- 2. Established the first form of US government; maintained that major powers resided with the states; no power to tax or enforce laws
- 5. Rule by the People.
- 6. Written by George Mason; Served as a model for the Bill of Rights
- 10. The opening sentence of the Constitution
- 11. Established the principle that everyone, including the King, was subject to the law
- 12. The People give their permission to ruled.
- 13. Guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to the colonists; Provided a government for the Virginia Colony
Down
- 1. The People elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on the People’s behalf.
- 3. Established the current structure of the US Government; included the Bill of Rights
- 4. Stated grievances against the King of Britain; Declared the colonists independence from Great Britain; Affirmed unalienable rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
- 7. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution
- 8. The government is not all powerful and may only do those things which the People have given it permission to do.
- 9. The government and those who govern are bound to the law just as the People are. Nobody is above the law.