Across
- 2. a theory that stated people in society agreed to give up some their freedom to government in exchange for security and order. In addition, if a government acted contrary to the general will, the people had the freedom to break the social contract and create a new one.
- 3. The idea that the powers of a government should be split between two or more strongly independent branches of government to prevent any one person or group from gaining too much power.
- 4. a two house legislature branch (example: Virginia Plan)
- 6. rights that all people have by virtue of being a human such as the right to life itself, to liberty, and the ownership of property.
- 7. was a formal proclamation that the American colonies would now be an independent country separate from Great Britain.
- 10. Basic individual rights of people such as the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- 11. Favored a strong central/federal government, pro Constitution
- 12. Roman ideal on the willingness to serve one's country.
- 13. A system of government in which power is divided between a central government and smaller regional governments.
- 14. The principle that the people are the ultimate source of the authority and legitimacy of a government.
- 15. a universal set of moral principles that can be applied to any culture or system of justice.
- 16. A political system in which the powers exercised by the government are restricted, usually by a written constitution.
Down
- 1. A system in which each branch of government can limit the power of the other branches.
- 5. Favored a loose association of states like it was under the Articles of Confederation and pro Bill of Rights
- 8. Defending the Constitution campaigned by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.
- 9. the idea that government should be based on an established set of principles.
- 10. a one house legislature branch (example: New Jersey Plan)