Across
- 1. The second attempt at writing out the governmental laws following the Articles of Confederation
- 4. The original constitution of the U.S. that gave too much power to the states and had to be replaced
- 5. A system of government where the people elect office holders to make laws for them in their favor
- 6. The start of the U.S. Constitution that tells you what the document will be about
- 7. The government only has as much power as the people let it have
- 8. A model for the Bill of rights in the Constitution
- 10. Written by Jefferson, it said that you were free to have your own opinions and religions... The Virginia Statute of..?
- 13. The document that said that the U.S. was no longer under English rule, and was "independent"
- 14. A system of government where the people rule
- 15. People let themselves be governed so that they can have their rights protected by the government
Down
- 2. Guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to the colonists
- 3. The first three lines of the U.S. Constitution
- 9. Everyone has to obey the law, including government officials such as the king
- 11. One of the freedoms listed in the first amendment that starts with an "s"
- 12. The first document representing the idea that the king had to follow the laws as well