Unit 2-From Colonies to America

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Across
  1. 1. Created because the Articles of Confederation were too weak to govern the new country.
  2. 3. Group of people who believed the Constitution should be ratified.
  3. 4. The first form of government. It gave states too much power.
  4. 5. The idea from John Locke that everyone has rights that they get just from being born.
  5. 8. The idea that government and citizens are in an agreement. The people give up some rights in exchange for government protection.
  6. 9. Group of people who believed the Constitution needed a bill of rights.
  7. 10. We the people allow the government to govern us.
  8. 11. Two houses of government.
Down
  1. 2. The colonists were upset that there was no one to speak for them in Parliament, but they kept making the decision to tax the colonists.
  2. 6. Government power should not be held by one person or branch of government.
  3. 7. One house of government.