Across
- 4. a one house congress
- 5. the British solders open fired on the colonists "accidentally"
- 8. the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness are examples of these
- 9. tax on paper goods, required a stamp
- 10. he talked about how the power was suppose to be divided out between legislative, executive and judicial branches
- 11. the idea of a representative government that highly values its citizens
- 15. a document that demonstrated the idea if limited government that the kings power was not absolute
- 18. a two house congress
- 19. the result of the Boston tea party; British close the Boston harbor and enforced the quartering of troops
- 22. on June 5, 1776 congress appointed 5 members to write it
- 24. didn't like bill of rights
- 25. outlined the rights of the people
Down
- 1. for every 5 slaves 3 of them count tawords the population
- 2. to form a government to protect the people's freedom
- 3. the colonist dressed up as Indians and dumped tea into the harbor
- 6. was a document that wasn't that powerful among the states
- 7. the electoral college votes on the president
- 12. bicameral congress, representatives biased on population, national government with 3 branches
- 13. a war fought by the British against the French for control of North America
- 14. did like bill of rights
- 16. one of the first documents granting rights
- 17. suggested by Roger Sherman, two house congress, votes are baised on the states population in the senate
- 20. written by Tomas Pain, made the case to break from England
- 21. the principles of individual rights established by earlier documents
- 23. one house congress, all states have a equal vote, states are thought of as independent