Across
- 2. delegates attended in 1787
- 7. he gave us the idea of popular sovereignty
- 8. gov't decisions are made by all citizens
- 11. this combined Virgina/New Jersey Plans
- 12. gov't based on laws, no one is above the law
- 14. general will of the people
- 17. branches of gov't check each other
- 21. rights all humans are born with
- 23. US breakup letter with Britain
- 24. a state's power within its territory
- 25. representative gov't with elected official
- 26. he gave us the idea of natural rights
Down
- 1. article 1 of the constitution
- 3. first governing document, failed
- 4. article 3 of the constitution
- 5. power limited, rights for citizens
- 6. most citizens set a law others have to obey
- 9. he gave us the idea of separation of powers
- 10. goods provided by gov't for all to use
- 13. idea that gov't is based on principles
- 15. the legal right to exercise power
- 16. give up freedom for protection of gov't
- 18. institution state uses to accomplish goals
- 19. process of deciding who gets what and when
- 20. article 2 of the constitution
- 22. power is validated by the governed