Civics Crossword

The study of the rights and duties of citizens
A person with certain rights and duties under a government; a person who by birth or by choice owe allegiance, or loyalty, to a nation.
The ruling authority for a community, it makes it possible for people to live together peacefully and productively.
A government controlled by one person, called a dictator, who usually takes power by force, rather than by inheriting it.
A system of government in which the power is shared by all the people.
All people are bound by the law.
Rights that people are born with and that no government can take away, such as the rights of life, liberty, and property.
A form of government in which all or most of the power is in the hands of one individual, the monarch, whose authority is hereditary.
Changes, such as changes to the constitution.
A list of citizens’ rights, specifically the first ten amendments to the American Constitution.
A document giving permission to create a government to create a government and providing a plan as to how that government should work.
An act regulating stamp duty (a tax on the legal recognition of documents)
The original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
Set of rules we live by.
the basic written set of principles and precedents of federal government in the US, which came into operation in 1789 and has since been modified by twenty-seven amendments.
People elected leaders to make laws and govern on their behalf.
A group of individuals united together for a purpose
People who are chosen to speak and act for their fellow citizens in government.
A person have gone through the process of becoming a citizen.
A citizen of one country who lives in another country.