Across
- 5. What group opposed a strong national government and demanded a Bill of Rights?
- 7. and Balances What system allows each branch of government to limit the power of the others?
- 13. What 1765 law taxed paper goods and legal documents in the American colonies?
- 14. of Law What concept states that everyone, including government officials, must follow the law?
- 15. What 1770 event involved British soldiers killing five colonists in a confrontation?
- 17. What series of laws, passed in 1774, were meant to punish Boston for the Tea Party?
- 18. What group supported a strong national government and the ratification of the U.S. Constitution?
Down
- 1. What British law restricted colonial expansion west of the Appalachian Mountains?
- 2. What are changes or additions to the Constitution called?
- 3. What principle divides power between national and state governments?
- 4. What 1767 laws placed duties on goods like glass, paint, and tea?
- 6. What 1776 document formally stated the American colonies' separation from Britain?
- 8. Powers What type of powers are shared by both the federal and state governments?
- 9. What 1773 protest involved colonists dumping British tea into Boston Harbor?
- 10. Rights What term refers to the freedoms people are born with, such as life, liberty, and property?
- 11. Powers What type of powers are kept by the states under the U.S. Constitution?
- 12. of Powers What principle prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful by dividing responsibilities?
- 16. What term means to formally approve a document or law?