Across
- 2. an act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents
- 5. This document served as the United States' first constitution, and was in force from March 1, 1781, until 1789 when the present day Constitution went into effect
- 7. a principle of classical liberalism, free market libertarianism, and some tendencies of liberalism and conservatism in the United States
- 9. a name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing
- 11. a compromise reached between delegates from southern states and those from northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention
- 14. rights that which cannot be given away or taken away
- 16. the highest legislature, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons
- 17. the part of English law this derived from custom and judicial precedent rather than statutes
- 18. diverse coalition of people who opposed ratification of the Constitution
- 21. a trend of thought that favors equality for all people
- 23. a system of government in which all the people of a state or polity
- 24. a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives
- 25. an advocate or supporter of federalism
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- 1. a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773
- 3. a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
- 4. the statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies
- 6. an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
- 8. a form of government in which sovereignty is actually or nominally embodied in one or several individuals reigning until death or abdication
- 10. a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch
- 12. an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States
- 13. Rights that people supposedly have under natural law
- 15. the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
- 19. a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787
- 20. supreme power or authority
- 22. belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism