Across
- 4. dividing power between branches in a government
- 6. wanted to balance the government by splitting it into different groups
- 8. the first instance of European government in North America
- 10. the first document to show that a ruler was not above their citizens in regards to the law
- 11. a tiny group of people have control of the country, usually the wealthy
- 12. these are privileges given to people of a nation
- 13. believed that people had the right to life, liberty, and property
- 15. the process making decisions as a group or individual for a community or society
- 17. the collection of people and beliefs trying to change beliefs through reason and science
- 19. these are ideas or rules that are essential to human life
- 21. absolute rule by one person or family
- 22. rule by one person with with complete power
- 23. this document established rights for people in England
- 24. had massive influence on America declaring independence from Great Britain
Down
- 1. established modern economics, free market ideas
- 2. thinkers, popular in Ancient Greece, as well as the early 1700s
- 3. created the idea of the Social Contract
- 4. the idea that people give their consent to be governed
- 5. argued for proper education of women
- 7. advocated and wrote for women's writes in the Enlightenment
- 9. a large population joined through ancestry, history, culture, or language
- 14. believed and argued for freedom of speech, religion, and the separation of church and state
- 16. an entire population is able to vote on issues for the nation
- 18. a state whose citizens are usually united through ancestry or language
- 20. representatives set laws for the people