Across
- 2. / equal application of the laws regardless of a person's race, religion, political beliefs, or other qualities
- 7. / delegates of constitutional convention who built / shape the US Constitution
- 9. / supporters of the constitution and a stronger national government, feared disorder without it
- 10. / England's lawmaking legislative body
- 11. / federalists who wrote several essays explaining and defending the Constitution and had the essays later published in newspapers and sent to delegates at state conventions
- 13. / against ratifying constitution, beard power of national government and wanted a Bill of Rights included to protect the peoples rights
- 14. / anti-federalist who would not ratify the constitution unless Bill of Rights was included wanted to make sure that the rights of the federal government in the rights of the states were separated
- 17. / Poltical theory that government is subject to the will of the people, people have the power
- 19. / government's power comes from the people
- 23. / share in the powers between the national and state government
- 24. / lawmaking branch of government including Congress the Senate and House of Representatives
- 27. / protected independence of Americans but failed to create a government strong enough to deal with the challenges the nation must face
- 30. / French writer who declared the powers of government should be separated and balanced against each other making sure that one person or group would not gain too much power
- 33. / powers shared by the state and federal government
- 34. / powers that belong only to the federal government
- 36. / find and supreme authority of US, supreme law of the land
- 37. / placed limits on the power of the monarchy to make sure it's a king or queen did not have too much power
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- 1. / introduction to U.S. Constitution stating goals of constitution
- 3. / System in which each branch of government checks or limits other branches so no one branch gets too much power
- 4. / process of becoming a citizen of another country
- 5. / power of the judge whether or not actions of other branches are unconstitutional
- 6. / branch of government that executes, carries out the law, including the president and cabinet
- 8. / English philosopher who wrote about having natural rights including life, liberty, and property and the government is based on the constitution, a contract, between the people and ruler
- 12. / to approve
- 15. / special group of electors chosen to vote for president and Vice President
- 16. / republicanism, people rule through elected representatives
- 18. / powers not pacifically defined in the Constitution, shall be entrusted to congress
- 20. / branch of government that includes the court, settled disputes and questions of the law, the Supreme Court and federal courts
- 21. / legislative executive and judicial
- 22. / based on Montesquieu's idea, a principle by which powers are divided among different branches of government to make sure no one branch gets too much power
- 25. / movement that promoted the idea that knowledge reason and science would improve society
- 26. / official change addition to the constitution
- 28. / government was limited powers strictly defined by law, no person or group is above the law
- 29. / legal rules and procedures the government must observe before depriving a person of life, liberty, or property
- 31. / based on the ideas of John Locke basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled, life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
- 32. / powers that belong only to the state government
- 35. ofrights / first ten amendments to the , starting fundamental rights of citizens