Across
- 3. American founding father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence
- 4. Written grant of authority from the king
- 8. Demanded that the king no longer imprison or otherwise punish any human but by the lawful judgement
- 10. formal approval
- 12. The greater charter at Runnymede in 1215
- 13. Serves the will of the people who had also been developing in England
- 15. The delegates who attended the Philadelphia Convention, men with wide knowledge & public experience
- 17. to collect by legal authority
- 18. Government that exists only with the consent of the governed
- 22. minimum number of a governmental body's memberships necessary to act
- 23. 47 page pamphlet, advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the thirteen colonies
- 24. Guaranteed that settlers would have the same rights and liberties as Englishmen in England
Down
- 1. A person selected to represent a group of people in a political assembly of the United States
- 2. Argued against the expansion of national power
- 5. supported revolutionary causes in America and Europe
- 6. Someone who advocates or will a support a system of government where several states come together under a central authority
- 7. Was deeply rooted in English belief and practice by the time
- 9. The ceremonial induction into office
- 11. imposed tax on all papers and official documents in the American colonies
- 14. provided for a bicameral legislature
- 16. Prohibits a standing army in quiet time, except with having consent from the parliament.
- 19. written in the year of 1787
- 20. to rescind or annul by authoritative act
- 21. refusal to sell or buy certain goods