Across
- 3. an agreement in which the citizens consent to giving up some of their freedoms in exchange for the government’s protection of their rights
- 6. a document that listed the rights of the English people
- 7. idea established by the Magna Carta in which the government must follow a set of legal procedures when a person is accused of breaking the law
- 10. the ruling authority or power for a community
- 11. a country with a representative democracy
- 12. a legally recognized member of a country who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection
- 13. permission
- 14. the people who give the power to the government
Down
- 1. Montesquieu’s idea that government should be separated into parts with separate responsibilities
- 2. an agreement in which people created and followed their own laws; It’s an example of self-government.
- 4. time period in which European thinkers used the light of reason to question the authority of rulers, traditions, and superstitions
- 5. idea of government in which the King or Queen shares authority with an elected legislature and is bound by a set of laws
- 8. a document that established the Rule of Law - “No one is above the law.”
- 9. cruel, unreasonable or abusive use of power