Across
- 2. The charter colony of Georgia was named after him designed to be a buffer state between the English states to the north and the Spanish Florida
- 10. the gov’t is restricted in what it may do and each individual has rights that cannot be taken away
- 11. organized by a person to whom the king has made a grant of land
- 13. established in 1607 as the first permanent English settlement in The New World
- 14. doctrine that holds that the gov’t must act fairly and in accord with established rules in all it does
- 15. the English king that was forced to sign The Magna Carta by barons in 1215
- 16. an adjective describing a legislative body composed of two chambers
- 18. document written by Parliament in 1689 and signed by William and Mary designed to prevent abuse of power by English monarchs (forms the basis of the USA’s government)
Down
- 1. public policies are made by officials selected by the voters and held accountable in periodic elections
- 3. established that the monarch was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and due process of law to the nobility
- 4. challenged the idea of the divine right of kings and declared that even the monarch was subject to the law of the land
- 5. ruled England at the end of the 1600’s during the English Glorious Revolution
- 6. a member of Parliament who founded Maryland as a haven for Catholics
- 7. city’s basic laws; a written grant by the king
- 8. Revolution Parliament invited William and Mary to serve England as King/Queen as long as they recognize the authority of Parliament and the rights of individuals with the signing of the Bill of Rights
- 9. An English Quaker who established the colony of Pennsylvania as a colony for religious minorities
- 12. an adjective describing a legislative body composed of one chamber
- 17. signed the English Petition of Rights in 1628