Nation's Beginnings Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 6. To approve something
  2. 7. Fight for independence against the British government
  3. 8. Political system in which power is shared between the national government and state governments
Down
  1. 1. Document that establishes the federal government, defines its powers, and protects basic rights of its citizens
  2. 2. System in which each branch of the government has the power to monitor and limit the actions of the other branches
  3. 3. Principle by which the powers of the government are divided between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches
  4. 4. Written list of 10 freedoms guaranteed to citizens by the government
  5. 5. 18th century European intellectual movement that promoted reason and science