Across
- 3. One of the 50 political units that make up the United States; the level of government is below that of the nation.
- 4. Formal approval of a proposed action
- 6. Consisting of only one house or chamber, as was the case in Georgia’s legislature from 1777 to 1789
- 9. The legal document that authorizes a state or national government to exist. A constitution usually outlines fundamental principles, form, major officials, and powers of a government.
- 12. Relating to the national government.
- 14. To refuse to use or buy something as a protest or as a way to force change
- 15. A formal written request.
- 16. To impose or set, as in the case of a government levying taxes
- 17. Consisting of two houses or chambers. The legislatures of the United States and Georgia are bicameral, each having a Senate and a House of Representative's
- 18. Taxes paid on imports.
- 19. Relating to the branch of government that makes the laws
- 21. American colonists, also called “patriots,” who opposed British government before and during the American Revolution.
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- 1. A loose union of sovereign states in which the central government is given limited power.
- 2. An introductory statement to a legal document
- 5. American colonists also called “loyalists,” who supported the British government before and during the American Revolution.
- 7. Exclusive right to act or conduct business without competition
- 8. Relating to the branch of government that settles legal arguments interprets the law and decides issues of constitutionality.
- 10. Refers to the branch of government that carries out the laws.
- 11. An independent country with its own government
- 13. A military unit of citizens who are not professional soldiers
- 20. To carry on illegal trade