Across
- 6. a document that limited the rights of the English monarch in 1628
- 8. giving different powers to different parts of the government
- 9. the basis for the principle of limited government
- 10. Franklin's failed plan to unite the colonies
- 13. one chamber
- 14. set clear limits on what the monarch of England has the rights to do
- 18. first basic system of laws in the English colonies
- 20. author of "Common Sense"
- 22. Jamestown was settled in what year
- 23. closed Boston Harbor and withdrew the right to self government in the colonies
- 24. the first constitution of the Unites States
- 25. document that gave people the right to elect judges, representatives, and governor
- 26. when the power of the monarch is not absolute
Down
- 1. wrote "The Spirit of Laws"
- 2. reason why King George III wanted to tax the colonies more
- 3. this document officially split the colonies from England
- 4. colonists protested the tax on tea by dumping tea into the Boston harbor
- 5. one of the reasons the relationship between the colonies and Britain changed
- 7. a government in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government
- 11. Locke's writing about his ideas of natural rights
- 12. the first written plan for self government in the colonies
- 15. Declaration of Independence approved
- 16. first direct tax on the colonies
- 17. an agreement prohibiting trade
- 19. money collected by the government
- 21. officially approved4