Chapter 4 - Your Puzzling History Gov't II - Haydn McDonnell

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Across
  1. 1. the part of the United States government that makes laws
  2. 3. part of the United States government administering justice
  3. 4. of a government with central and regional authorities
  4. 10. the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215
  5. 12. the system or form by which a community is ruled
  6. 13. approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
  7. 14. a political system governed by a few people
  8. 20. a form of government in which the ruler is unconstrained
  9. 24. the legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution; they issued the Declaration of Independence and framed Articles of Confederation
  10. 25. a form of government in which the ruler is unconstrained
Down
  1. 2. a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states; it provided a legal symbol of their union by giving the central government no coercive power over the states or their citizens
  2. 5. government divided between central and regional powers
  3. 6. part of U.S. government responsible for carrying out laws
  4. 7. the orientation of those who favor government by the people
  5. 8. a theory favoring collectivism in a classless society
  6. 9. a state of lawlessness and disorder
  7. 11. making something valid by formally confirming it
  8. 15. a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch
  9. 16. a cruel and oppressive dictator
  10. 17. the act of forming or establishing something
  11. 18. a ruler who is unconstrained by law
  12. 19. a statement that is added to a proposal or document
  13. 21. government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator
  14. 22. a statement of fundamental freedoms and privileges
  15. 23. a nation's ruler usually by hereditary right