Across
- 2. A country or area under the partial political control of another country, typically a distant one
- 4. A doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people
- 5. A tax duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports
- 6. Law that is derived from custom & judicial precedent rather than statutes
- 8. Policy of the British government regarding its north American colonies
- 11. Having a single legislative chamber
- 13. A body of fundamental principles according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed
- 14. Charter of English liberties granted by King John
- 15. The restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well defined & established laws
- 16. A conversation in which there is a mutual airing of views
- 19. A set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers
- 20. Traditional rights of English subjects of the British crown
- 21. An alliance, especially of confederate states
- 22. Describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns setting its structure & powers
- 23. Sets out certain basic civil rights acted upon by the English parliament
Down
- 1. A theory that concerns the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual
- 3. Theory that trade generates wealth
- 7. A concept that the legislative body has absolute sovereignty & is supreme over other institutions
- 9. Rights that people supposedly have under natural law
- 10. An act of vesting the legislative, executive & judicial powers of a government in separate bodies
- 12. A person authorized to represent others
- 17. Influence where an organization is regulated, typically by those ensuring political power is not in one person's hands
- 18. Elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the colony of Virginia
- 21. A grant by a country's legislative or sovereign in power by which a body is founded & its privileged rights defined