Across
- 2. A refusal to buy or use goods and services as a form of protest
- 4. the lawmaking body of British government
- 7. colonists were angry about taxation without THIS
- 10. idea that the government must follow procedures established by law and guaranteed by the Constitution (Enlightenment idea)
- 12. a formal meeting of government representatives
- 13. the Articles of Confederation only had this branch
- 15. people who opposed the Constitution and wanted a bill of rights
- 17. England had a lot of this after fighting a war with France
- 18. In 1770 British troops killed 4 American colonists here
- 19. A series of laws passed in 1774 to punish colonists for the Tea Party
- 21. A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
Down
- 1. the Enlightenment thinker whose ideas show up in the Declaration of Independence
- 2. First 10 amendments to the Constitution
- 3. "they have been endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, and among these are life, __________, and the pursuit of happiness"
- 5. a movement that emphasized science and reason as guides to help see the world more clearly. Led to new ideas about government and politics
- 6. the idea that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern (Enlightenment idea)
- 8. supporters of the Constitution
- 9. the primary author of the Declaration of Independence
- 11. A set of things that people believe they should be free to do without restrictions (Enlightenment idea)
- 14. Under the Articles of Confederation, the government lacked the power to do this
- 16. Formal approval
- 20. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created _________"