Across
- 6. division of the powers in our government among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches; no one branch has too much power
- 8. government is defined by law and serves the people; the law is above everyone and it applies to everyone, whether ruler or the ruled
- 13. by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power
- 14. division of the powers in our government among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches; no one branch has too much power
- 15. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property; strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into the Declaration of Independence
- 16. explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as originating from the people of the United States
- 17. compromise between slave states and free states to count three-fifths of the slave population in a state when allocating how many representatives a state was entitled to in the House of Representatives
- 18. the people are the only source of power for any and all government actions; government can only govern with the consent of the governed
- 19. power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions, such as provinces, states,counties, parishes, or tow
Down
- 1. chosen to preside at the Constitutional Convention; he later became the first president of the United States; he set
- 2. English political philosopher whose Social Contract Theory believed that in order to live together, individuals in a society give up their natural rights to a higher authority for the sake of protection
- 3. belief that monarchs were chosen by God; gave the monarch unlimited authority
- 4. power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions, such as provinces, states,counties, parishes, or tow
- 5. in order for man to live in groups, he must give up some of his freedom to the government in exchange for protection of his natural rights
- 7. “Father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States essential to the writing and ratification of the Constitution he also wrote the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that were ratified as the Bill of Rights
- 9. government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens
- 10. each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints,or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful
- 11. first ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the civil rights and liberties of the people
- 12. the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
- 17. 3rd president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence; he did not take part in writing the Constitution because he was in France at the time. He was a strong advocate for the addition of a Bill of Rights