Across
- 3. An agreement between states’ citizens to give up some freedom for the greater order and protection of rights is known as the social _____
- 6. Most of the rights and protections listed in the state constitutions are also mentioned in the ________
- 8. The Mass governor was popularly elected to a short term so he could be trusted with more _______
- 9. One right that the Virginia Declaration defended was the right to exercise _______ freely
- 11. _______ wrote the majority of the Virginia Declaration
- 12. The idea that governing authority ultimately is up to the people being governed is known as popular _____
Down
- 1. ______ was the first state to write a declaration of rights.
- 2. According to the Mass constitution, only people owning large amounts of property could vote for ______.
- 4. The amount of votes needed for the Mass legislature to overrule a revision is a __________ majority (Hyph.)
- 5. One way states provided a check, or limit, on legislative power was by splitting the legislature into two ______.
- 7. A Government in which the legislature has the most power exhibits legislative _____.
- 8. A citizen considered “qualified” to vote for State legislature representatives was usually a white man who owned some amount of _______.
- 10. Our “natural rights” as outlined in the state constitutions are life, liberty, and the pursuit of _____