Across
- 2. the total amount of income generated by the sale of goods or services
- 6. the division of a state's government into branches
- 8. an authoritative order
- 12. to have a single legislative chamber.
- 14. to act beyond the authority of the law
- 16. a series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties in Massachusetts
- 19. a Founding Father of the United States
- 20. an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot
- 21. The state or quality of being independent.
- 22. the legislature of the federal government
- 23. a royal charter of rights
- 24. someone who supported the Constitution and a stronger national republic
- 25. the concept of a government limited in power.
Down
- 1. transacting or transportation of products, services, or money across state borders.
- 3. a type of government comprised of politicians who represent certain individuals or groups.
- 4. the supreme law of the United States of America
- 5. an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
- 7. an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents
- 9. a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
- 10. a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority.
- 11. to give up
- 13. an organic act of the Congress of the Confederation
- 15. an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America
- 17. sign or give formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement
- 18. an American attorney, planter, politician and orator
