Across
- 3. part of a provision of the original Constitution
- 5. a concept of finding agreement through communication
- 7. the act or process of ratifying something
- 8. each state would be assigned a number of seats in proportion to its population.
- 10. the person who presides over the United States Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum
- 12. a colony granted to some individual or individuals with the fullest prerogatives of government
- 15. government based on consent of the people
- 18. a document guaranteeing English political liberties.
- 19. the written document
- 22. a diverse coalition of people who opposed ratification of the Constitution
- 23. a unicameral legislature with equal votes of states and an executive elected by a national legislature.
- 24. someone who writes a new law or plan
- 25. a person to represent political assembly
- 26. refusal to buy or sell product or services
- 27. a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government.
- 28. a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
Down
- 1. created a constitutional monarchy in England
- 2. the minimum number of members of a deliberative assembly
- 4. the right to present requests to the government without punishment or reprisal
- 6. having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers
- 9. an agreement between Northern and Southern states of the United States of America.
- 11. a supporter of federal government
- 13. a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected persons representing a group of people
- 14. one whose legalized force and power is restricted through delegated and enumerated authorities.
- 16. a government with one legislative house or chamber
- 17. the rescission of an existing law by subsequent legislation or constitutional amendment.
- 20. a document granting certain specified rights, powers, privileges, or functions from the sovereign power
- 21. a union of sovereign states in which the stress is laid on the autonomy of each constituent body
