Foundations of Government/Citizenship Crossword

An act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
The theory that a country's power depends on its wealth. A country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys.
As an adult, paying taxes and abiding by laws are all required by citizens.
Centralized government that does not tolerate parties or differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over any aspects of life.
The process by which US citizenship is granted to a foreign citizen or national after they fulfill the requirements established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
Principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern.
Each of the 3 branches of government can limit the powers of others.
The people elect representatives empowered to create laws and policies that ideally, reflect the will of the people.
As an adult, being an informed citizen about our government and community and voting are important responsibilities; (Things citizens should do, but not required to do).
A form of government in which a King or Queen acts as Head of State. The ability to make and pass legislation resides with an elected Parliament, not with the Monarch.
The movement of people into a country to which they are not native in order to settle there, especially as permanent residents or future citizens.
A monarchy that is NOT limited or restrained by laws or a constitution.
Government gets all its power from the people. The people set up the government.
Sometimes called "pure democracy," is a form of democracy in which the people themselves, rather than elected representatives, determine the laws and policies by which they are governed.
British policy of loose control over the colonies. Under this policy, the British did not insist on strict enforcement on laws.
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-76 that inspired people in the Thirteen colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776
Rights according to natural law, a right that cannot be taken away, denied, or transferred. Freedoms people possess relating to life, liberty, and property.
Popular sovereignty, or the sovereignty of the peoples' rule, is part of the seven principle, that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (Rule by the People), who are the source of all political power.