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Across 3. putting someone on trial for a crime of which they have already been acquitted (2 Words) 7. government controlled by one person or a group of people 10. site of the nation’s capital, occupying an area between Maryland and Virginia (3 Words) 11. to legally take a person’s property for use by the government (2 Words) 13. an agreement, or contract, among a group of people 14. tax 15. a detailed written plan for government 17. Powers shared by state, local and federal governments (2 Words) 19. Payment 20. a group of individuals or state governments 21. a government in which the citizens hold the power to rule 22. a group of people that share the same interests and concerns 23. group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere 24. a system of law based on custom and precedent (2 Words) 25. to pass on 26. following established legal procedures (2 Words)

Down 1. Meeting in Philadelphia from May-September, 1787, where the Constitution was written (2 Words) 2. form of democracy in which the people vote firsthand (2 Words) 4. to send someone back to their home country 5. originating from the same ancestor 6. unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group 8. freedom from slavery 9. Violent Disturbances 12. group of people that actually elect the President (2 Words) 16. to call up people for military service 18. a representative to a meeting