Across
- 2. to make something sure or certain
- 5. to grant permission for something
- 8. a formal document issued by the king that outlined a colony’s geographic boundaries and specified how it would be governed
- 10. ruled by the people. In a democracy, citizens elect representatives to make and carry out laws.
- 11. the lawmaking body of England, consisting of representatives from throughout the kingdom
- 13. Awakening a revival of religious feeling and belief in the American colonies that began in the 1730s
- 15. separated or set apart from other people or things
- 16. owner
- 17. an economic policy in which nations tried to gain wealth by controlling trade and establishing colonies
- 19. to make something as it was before
- 20. the business of capturing, transporting, and selling people to force them into enslavement
Down
- 1. to fight against a government or another authority
- 3. a written agreement signed by two or more parties, which binds those parties to do what is stated in the agreement
- 4. the way a society organizes the manufacture and exchange of things of value, such as money, food, products, and services.
- 6. Carta an agreement made in 1215 listing the rights granted by King John to all free men of the kingdom
- 7. Compact an agreement that Pilgrims wrote and signed describing how they would govern themselves in the Americas
- 9. powers or privileges that belong to people as citizens and that cannot or should not be taken away by the government
- 12. time spent not working
- 14. Bill of Rights an act passed by Parliament in 1689 that limited the monarch’s power by giving certain powers to Parliament and listing specific rights of the citizens
- 16. wealthy
- 18. a crop, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities and sold for profit