Across
- 5. A European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition
- 8. The state of being equal
- 9. The original constitution of the u.s. ratified in 1781
- 11. An act of voting by the electorate of a county
- 16. The ability to be easily modified
- 17. Makes the laws
- 18. A body of people representing the states of the u.s.
Down
- 1. A french judge who made separation of powers
- 2. A person who advocates or supports a system of powers in which several states unite a central authority
- 3. The federal principle of the system of government
- 4. The first 10 amendments of the u.s. constitution
- 6. the principles, often unwritten, on which social laws are based
- 7. 4th president "father of the constitution"
- 10. Enforces the laws
- 12. A member of the electoral college who does not vote for the canidate for whom they pledged to vote
- 13. people who opposed the ratification of the constitution in 1781
- 14. An article added to the u.s. constitution
- 15. an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government into separate bodies
