Across
- 2. a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-1776 advocating American independence
- 4. a mode of government that combines a general government with regional governments, dividing powers
- 5. those that are not dependent on the laws, customs, or beliefs of any particular culture or government
- 7. a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representative, no monarch
- 9. provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches and prevent only one branch from becoming too powerful
- 10. the period of rigorous scientific, political, and philosophical discourse that characterized European society in the 18th century
- 12. a set of electors who are selected to elect a candidate to particular officers
Down
- 1. provided for a bicameral legislature, with representation in the House of Representative according to population and in the Senate by equal numbers for each state
- 3. people live together in society in accordance with an agreement that establishes behavior rule
- 6. King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760-1820.
- 8. government is limited both in the exercise of its delegated powers and in the means it can employ
- 11. the first 10 amendments to the Constitution