Social Studies Vocabulary G8 Q1-Unit 1

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Across
  1. 6. The French and Indian War was part of the global conflict called the _____ ______ ____, fought between England, France and Spain.
  2. 8. All people have the right to peaceably _______, even as a protest against the government (1st Amendment)
  3. 11. The Tories who remained loyal to the King aka the British Crown
  4. 13. A political system of government that divides power between a national government and state or regional governments
  5. 16. This word is written in the US Constitution and refers to who is governed by the US or has rights under the Constitution and its amendments
  6. 17. This document announced to a "candid world" that the American colonies were going to separate from the British Crown and become its own nation (3 words)
  7. 18. American colonists who rebelled against British monarchial control during the American Revolution
  8. 19. The Courts operate the _______ branch of the US government
  9. 20. The document that created the United States
  10. 22. A system of government by which eligible members of the population vote for people to represent them in government
  11. 23. Requires the Consent of the governed (2 words)
  12. 25. A ________ government means we do not have a loose organization of states; instead we have a national government that holds the states together in one union.
Down
  1. 1. Strictly speaking, this term means the violent overthrow of one's government
  2. 2. The First 10 Amendments to the US Constitution (3 words)
  3. 3. A political theory that inspired the Declaration of Independence, which says that the people are the source of all political power and legitimacy; related to the concept of the "consent of the governed" (2 words)
  4. 4. There are ____ branches of federal government
  5. 5. All People have the right to _____ _____ under the First Amendment
  6. 7. The Articles of ________ governed the new nation for about 13 years before the Americans could agree on a constitution
  7. 9. The President is the head of the _______ branch of the US government
  8. 10. All People have the right to practice or not practice a _______ or to be free from being required to do so under the First Amendment.
  9. 11. US Congress is the _______ branch of the US government
  10. 12. The ______ ____ required sellers of books and related products to buy and print a symbol of the British Crown on everything they sold; this cost was passed on to buyers.
  11. 14. At the start of the American Revolutionary War, the British were at a disadvantage because they lost a lot of ______ while fighting a recent costly war.
  12. 15. The US Congress cannot make laws that prohibit journalists from publishing their work. This is protected by the First Amendment right of the Free ______
  13. 21. The People have the right under the First Amendment to ________ the government for the redress of their grievances
  14. 24. The most well known people who helped to create the United States as a nation