Across
- 6. guarantees personal freedoms and basic rights to US citizens
- 7. rules discoverable by reason, such as gravity
- 8. officially ended the American War for Independence
- 10. the first US Constitution
- 11. English king during American Revolution
- 15. agreement where people give up certain rights to be a part of organized society
Down
- 1. leader of colonial military
- 2. idea that the power of government comes from the people
- 3. writer of the Declaration of Independence
- 4. a "hands off" government approach to economics
- 5. the first tax act when colonists were upset because they were being taxed but not represented in parliament
- 9. government system where the government is divided into separate powers
- 12. rights given to a person simply by being born, including life, liberty, and property
- 13. Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to encourage colonists to revolt
- 14. Primary writer of the US Constitution still in use