Across
- 4. Five colonists killed by British soldiers; led parliment to repel all Townsend Act except for tea tax
- 7. System of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state governments
- 10. Colonists dumped taxed tea into Boston Harbor
- 11. Rejected Reconciliation with Britain and sent grievances to King George III
- 15. Meeting in 1787 at which twelve states intended to revise the Articles of Confederation but ended up proposing a constitution
- 18. Acted as the national government of states, approved Declaration of Independence and approved George Washington as commander of army
- 21. initial governing authority of the United States
- 25. Judicial authority of the United States in one Supreme Court and other inferior courts that Congress might choose to establish
- 26. First ten amendments to the Constitution, which provide basic political rights
- 28. Government structure in which authority is divided among branches with each holding separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility
- 29. makes the laws and is made up of two chambers
- 30. The presidential electors, selected to represent the votes of their respective states, who meet every four years to cast the electoral votes for president and Vice President
Down
- 1. Required colonists to export certain items only to Britain
- 2. those who opposed the new proposed Constitution during the ratification period
- 3. Imposed taxes on almost all paper products; boycotts and riots followed
- 5. The 1776 document declaring American independence from Great Britain and calling for equality, human rights, and citizen participation
- 6. Compromise on legislative representation whereby the lower chamber is based on population, and the upper chamber provides equal representation to the states
- 8. Government structure that authorizes each branch of government to share powers with the other branches thereby holding some scrutiny of and control over the other branches
- 9. Required colonists to house British soldiers in their homes
- 12. Authority of the president to block legislation passed by Congress.
- 13. Powers expressly granted to Congress by the Constitution
- 14. Document or set of documents that establish the basic rules and procedures for how a society should be governed
- 16. Imposed New taxes on all imports; led to rallying cry "no taxation without representation
- 17. Formal process of changing the Constitution
- 19. Restricted political freedoms in Massachusetts
- 20. Compromise over slavery at the Constitutional Convention that granted states extra representation in the House of Representatives based on their number of slaves at the ratio of three-fifths
- 22. Initially, those who supported the Constitution during the ratification period; later the name of the political party established by Hamilton
- 23. Authority of courts to declare laws passed by Congress and acts of the executive branch to be unconstitutional
- 24. consists of a unitary president chosen for a four year term by an Electoral College
- 27. Form of government in which power derives from citizens, but public officials make policy and govern according to existing law.