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Across 3. the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution 4. another word for complaints 5. a one house legislature 6. a document that sets out laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government. 11. two house legislature; Congress is divided into the Senate and the House 15. the first constitution of the U.S. 16. this form of our government is elected by citizens; citizens vote for their government officials 20. book published by Thomas Hobbes 21. this Enlightenment thinker believed you must surrender your rights and freedom to the monarch 23. a political philosophy about making an agreement between the people and their government 24. favored a stronger national government

Down 1. this type of democracy involves the public directly in making decisions; everyone votes on everything. 2. this document separated the colonists from England(King George III) 7. a principle that is referenced 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 8. 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. 9. this Enlightenment thinker beleived in a balance government; he beleieved in the concept of separation of powers and checks and balances. 10. this theory stated God appointed the monarch,leader or ruler 12. this compromise established a two house Congress 13. divides the government into separate branches, each of which has separate and independent powers 14. 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 15. ;this group would not ratify the U.S. Constitution if it did not include the Bill of Rights 17. no one is above the law 18. rights that all humans are born with according to John Locke 19. a legal principle that protects individual freedom and ensures that no one is held without charge 22. this Enlightenment thinker believed in direct democracy and published the book Social Contract