Across
- 5. 3rd president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence
- 6. government is defined by law and serves the people
- 8. belief that monarchs were chosen by God
- 9. “Father of the Constitution”
- 11. compromise reached in writing the Constitution to satisfy both small and large states
- 13. each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints
Down
- 1. attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens
- 2. first ten amendments to the Constitution
- 3. considered intelligent and decisive
- 4. the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
- 7. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property
- 10. king/queen controls all aspect of life
- 12. division of the powers in our government among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches