Chapter 4: America's Political Heritage Buddy Guide

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Across
  1. 1. Direct democracy was first practiced in ______________.
  2. 3. _____________ ___________ are people’s rights to life, liberty, and property.
  3. 6. Under the Articles of Confederation, most of the power remained with the ____________.
  4. 9. A ______________ is a document giving permission to create a government.
  5. 10. _____________ means the traditions passed down to us from generation to generation.
  6. 12. ____________________ means approval.
  7. 13. Writers Locke and Montesquieu inspired the colonists with the ideas of natural rights and _________________ _____ ___________.
  8. 16. ___________ includes ignoring colonists' rights; the abuse of power.
  9. 17. The main author of the Declaration of Independence.
  10. 19. A _____________ is a written agreement to make and obey laws for the welfare of the group.
Down
  1. 2. Both the Magna Carta and the ____________ _______ ____ __________ listed basic freedoms.
  2. 4. A _____________ is when the citizens elect representatives to make laws in this form of government?
  3. 5. The Roman republic offered the colonial legislatures a model of ____________________ government.
  4. 7. Parliament (English legislature) raised taxes in the colonies in order to pay off huge ______ debts.
  5. 8. A group of people chosen to make laws is a ________________.
  6. 11. The Declaration of ____________________ outlined the reasons the colonists separated from Great Britain (England).
  7. 14. _________________ is another name for the English legislature.
  8. 15. The colonists and the English government disagreed about trade, taxation, and ____________________.
  9. 18. The ___________ ____________ and the English Bill of Rights protected against tyranny.
  10. 20. The English _______________had final authority over the colonists.