Across
- 2. a government in which a single ruler possesses and abuses absolute power
- 8. rights guaranteed or belonging to a person
- 10. basic rights of the people that may not be taken away
- 12. a concept that those who govern are bound by the laws; no one is above the law
- 13. the colonial journalist who wrote Common Sense in 1776
- 14. the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, establishing rights and protections for American citizens
- 16. to take
- 17. to end
- 18. the first constitution of the United States
- 20. a pamphlet published by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince the American colonists to support becoming independent from England
- 24. to bring to an end
- 25. a concept that those who govern are bound by the laws; no one is above the law
- 26. law that deals with crimes and the punishments associated with those crimes
- 27. an agreement between individuals that created a government that would provide order and protect the rights of the colonists; written by a group of English Puritans in Massachusetts in 1620
- 28. the belief that individuals are born with basic rights that cannot be taken away by governments; life, liberty, and property
- 29. a principle of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches
Down
- 1. a government document that expanded the powers of the English Parliament and expanded the rights of the people, as well as further limited the rights of the king; written by the English Parliament in 1689
- 3. the idea that it is unfair to tax someone without giving them a voice in government
- 4. the belief that individuals are born with basic rights that can't be taken away by government
- 5. a group of people in the early United States who favored the establishment of a strong national government and who worked for ratification of the U.S. Constitution
- 6. the introduction to the U.S. Constitution
- 7. a complaint
- 9. a group of people in the early United States who opposed ratification of the U.S. Constitution because they feared a strong national government and a lack of protection for individual rights
- 11. the structure of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that sets up three branches with their own distinct powers and responsibilities
- 15. popular or representative system where the people create and run their own government
- 19. law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs
- 20. a written code of rules that guided the ancient society of Babylon; dates back to 1772 B.C.
- 21. a government document that limited the power of the king of England and protected the rights of the nobility; written by the English nobles in 1215
- 22. an implied agreement among the people of an organized society that defines the rights, duties, and limitations of the governed and the government
- 23. a government that has been limited in power by a constitution, or written agreement