Across
- 4. number of votes for state depends on the state's population. large states
- 5. English representatives who made laws and stood up for peoples' rights
- 6. a pamphlet that explained the arguments for independence in a way that was easy for everyday colonist to understand
- 8. an agreement to create a new government and to follow its rules in exchange they would protect each other...self-government
- 10. convinced the king of England to grant them a _______ giving them permission to set up a colony in America
- 11. second and final attempt to write a document that would govern the united states
- 12. in 1689 this document expanded the rights of the parliament and the people and limited the power of the king even more
- 13. agreement to form a majority-rule government
- 14. how the colonist kept track of what was happening in Britain and around the colonies
- 15. articles did not give Congress the power to _______ its laws
- 16. a group of individuals united together for a purpose
- 18. published in colonial American newspapers that discussed amny different ideas such as freedom of expression
- 19. forced colonists to put expensive tax stamps on all legal documents as well as newspapers, calenders, and almanacs
- 20. the articles of confederation were...
Down
- 1. limited the power of the king and protected certain rights for the nobles
- 2. 1765-1774 forced certain colonists to let British troops live in their houses
- 3. saying that the colonies were dependent on the and declaring that all laws passed in the colonies had no effect
- 7. explained how the 13 states would be governed as one nation...weak
- 9. tax things it knew the colonists couldn't make for themselves: paint, glass, paper, lead, and tea also allowed British government to search peoples' houses
- 17. each state gets one vote. small states