Across
- 2. government among the legislative, executive,and judicial branches
- 6. the first president of the United States
- 9. type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights from the tyranny of the majority and on the consent of the governed to establish political authority
- 11. king/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political – often times tied to divine right of kings (authority from God)
- 14. the citizens have political authority and are bound by social contract to obey laws with their rights guaranteed by a constitution citizens willingly subordinate their private,selfish interests to the common good
- 16. Government is defined by law and serves the people the law is above everyone and it applies to everyone
- 18. Belief that monarchs were chosen by God gave the monarch unlimited authority
- 19. compromise reached in writing the Constitution to satisfy both small and large states by having one house of Congress
- 20. distribution of power between the national government
Down
- 1. First plan of government adopted in the United States after the revolution
- 3. intelligent and decisive
- 4. Compromise between slave states and free states to count three-fifths of the slave population in a state
- 5. author of the Declaration of Independence
- 7. Government defined by law and serves the people the law
- 8. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to pass all laws “necessary and proper” to carry out the other powers listed in Article I
- 10. First ten amendments to the Constitution
- 12. government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks
- 13. Explains the purposes of the Constitution
- 15. "Father of the constitution"
- 17. English political philosopher