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Across 1. this Enlightenment thinker beleived in direct democracy and published the book Social Contract 5. another word for complaints 7. this group would not ratify the U.S. Constitution if it did not include the Bill of Rights 9. this compromise established a two house Congress 11. divides the government into separate branches, each of which has separate and independent powers 12. a political philosophy about making an agreement between the peopleand their government. 13. rights that all humans are born with 14. book published by Thomas Hobbes 16. two house legislature; Congress is divided into the Senate and the House 17. this Enlightenment thinker influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence; he beleived if the gov't did not protect the natural rights of citizens they had the right to rebel and replace the gov't. 20. a lega principle that protects individual freedom and ensures that no one is held without charge 21. is the division of power between the national government and state governments 22. favored a stronger national government 23. first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution 24. no one is above the law 25. this Enlightenment thinker beleived in a balance government; he beleieved in the concept of separation of powers and checks and balances.

Down 2. a one house legislature 3. the first constitution of the U.S. 4. this document recognized these four principles: no taxation without the consent of Parliament, no imprisonment without cause, no quartering of soliders, no martial law in peacetime. 6. a system that allows each branch of government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from having too much power 8. this theory stated God appointed the monarch, leader or ruler 10. a principle that is reffrenced in the Declaration of Independence; government's source of authority is the people, and its power is not legitimate if it disregards the will of the people. 15. this Enlightenment thinker believed you must surrender your rights and freedom to the monarch 18. a document that sets out laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government. 19. this document limited the power of King John and he was forced to sign the document