Across
- 2. Mountain range you can see to the West
- 5. _____ Compromise: Had to do with how to count enslaved people for votes in Congress
- 9. Direction that is usually "up" on a map
- 10. The sharing and balancing of power among the different branches of government so that no one branch can have more power than the others
- 13. The number of states when the US began in 1776
- 14. Direction that is usually "right" on a map
- 16. Articles of __________: America's first government
- 17. 3rd President, wrote the Declaration of Independence
- 18. Country to the North of the US
- 20. ______ rights: Basic rights that EVERY person has that cannot be taken away by governments
- 24. King of England during the American Revolution
- 27. State directly East of Colorado
- 28. How many US states are there?
- 29. The state we live in
- 31. Major American holiday happening this week
- 32. City with biggest population in US
- 36. People who liked the constitution and big federal government
- 38. One of the main federalists. 4th President. Shortest president
- 42. The national mammal of the United States
- 44. The power of the courts to declare laws and actions of governments invalid if they contradict the Constitution
- 46. The country the US declared independence from
- 48. Direction that is usually "left" on a map
- 49. Site of a tea party and a massacre
- 50. State directly South of Colorado
Down
- 1. Citizens making their community or country better even if it costs them individually
- 3. Biggest US state
- 4. Tallest mountain in the US
- 6. Declaration of _________: Colonists told England they're breaking up
- 7. The division of power among the three different branches of government
- 8. A main idea in the Constitution which means self government, government is created by the consent of the people, “We the people…”
- 11. ____-Federalists: People who were concerned about a big federal government
- 12. Capitol of Colorado
- 15. A form of government in which power is divided and shared between a central/national government and state and local governments
- 19. Bird considered to be a symbol of America
- 21. Country to the South of the US
- 22. Direction that is usually "down" on a map
- 23. Our country's capitol
- 25. Compromise reached when Rodger Sherman suggested putting the VA and NJ plans together
- 26. The Articles of Confederation were ___ _______
- 29. Explorer who thought the Earth was shaped like a pear
- 30. John ____: Philosopher that heavily influenced Jefferson and others
- 33. State directly to the North of Colorado
- 34. Term we use for the people Columbus thought were Indians
- 35. The expectation that governments are fair and follow known rules and procedures
- 37. Stamp ____, Sugar _____, Tea _____. All laws that upset colonists
- 39. The US Government is made up of three of these
- 40. Month the Declaration of Ind. was signed
- 41. The way a government maintains order or addresses the needs of its citizens as explained in the Constitution
- 43. A change or addition to a legal document
- 45. Document that sets up the US government, replaced weak Articles
- 47. State directly West of Colorado
