chapter 2

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