Government Vocab Crossword

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  1. 3. Group of delegates that attended the Philadelphia Convention
  2. 5. set up fundamental rights like trial of jury, due process and protection against arbitration; the great charter
  3. 9. Prohibited a standing army in peacetime and parliamentary elections are free; restored in Glorious Revolution
  4. 12. limited the power of King Charles I; could not imprison or punish without judgement of law
  5. 13. Member of congress; chair
  6. 16. government of, by and for the people
  7. 17. Two house legislature
  8. 18. Congress should be composed of two houses; a senate with equal representation and a house with representation based on population
  9. 20. Written grant of authority from the monarch
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  1. 1. Government can exist only with the consent of the governed
  2. 2. Established a firm league of friendship among the states
  3. 4. Formal approval of a law
  4. 6. Joining of several groups for a common purpose
  5. 7. Representatives
  6. 8. Slaves count as three-fifths of a person for population stats
  7. 10. restraint on actions of government
  8. 11. Colonies organized by a proprietor
  9. 14. Representation based on population or amount of money given to support central government; proposed by James Madison
  10. 15. To revoke a law
  11. 19. Each state is equally represented