Across
- 3. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
- 4. Courts
- 6. Washington/first president of the United States treasury department
- 7. 4, 1776/ The date of Declaration of Independence was adopted
- 8. Hamilton/ the federalist leader
- 12. of Rights/ the first, 10 amendments of the Constitution
- 13. Jefferson/ One author of the Declaration of Independence
- 14. Tea Party/ In 1773, a protest in which colonist dressed up as Indians, and dumped Boston tea into the harbor
- 17. president (enforces laws)
- 19. congress
Down
- 1. Convention/ a convention that met in Philadelphia in 1787 and drafted the Constitution
- 2. refuses to buy
- 5. they preferred a strong national government
- 7. Review/ the power of the courts to declare an act of congress
- 9. War/ The American war of independence (1775-1783)
- 10. Purchase/ this doubled the size of the United States, expanded farming and trade
- 11. Locke/ influenced the Declaration of Independence, and adopted Natural Rights
- 15. Madison/ he attended the Constitutional Convention
- 16. Federalist/ they preferred limited national government
- 18. and Balances/ each of the three branches of government can limit the powers of the others
- 20. Act/ placed on all the printed materials