Unit 1 Vocabulary Crossword

Agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation.
A government in which citizens hold the power to rule.
A detailed, written plan for government.
To vote approval of.
A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president.
The refusal to purchase certain goods.
A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country somewhere else.
A form of democracy in which people vote first hand.
A government controlled by one person or a small group of people.
The British Legislature.
A ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case.
To change.
A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses.
A group of people that makes laws.
The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem.
A system of law based on precedent and customs.
The ruling authority for a community.
Ruled by a king or queen.
A government in which citizens choose a small group to govern on their behalf.
Those who opposed ratification of the constitution.
Supporters of the constitution.
A proposal for the structure of the US government.
Proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch.
An agreement or settlement of a dispute.
The original Constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, replaced by the US constitution in 1789.
The process for states to count slaves as part of the population in order to determine representation and taxation for the federal government.
Declared the freedom of the 13 American colonies from Great Britain.
Belief in the power of human reason and by innovations in political, religious, and guarantee of rights and privileges.
A document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges.
British law, passed by parliament of Great Britain in 1689, declaring the rights and liberties of the people. Separation of powers of the King and Queen.
A system of government based on popular sovereignty in which the structures, powers, and limits of government are set forth in a constitution.
A politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory.
Believed humans were born with certain ideas already in mind.