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