Vocab Lesson 5 and 6 Crossword
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
 
 
Down: 1) The sharing and balancing of power among different branches of government so no one branch can completely control the others.2) Those Americans who supported the war for independent from Great Britain.3) Rules or standards of behaviors.5) The branch of government that makes laws.7) The division of powers among the different branches of government. In the US powers are divided among the legislative, executive and judicial branch.8) Americans who supported Great Britain during the Revolution.9) The branch of government that interprets and applies the laws and settles disputes. Across: 4) Statement that listed the basic principles of democratic government and gave reasons why the colonists wanted to free themselves from the British. It was signed by the members of Congress on July 4, 1776.6) The national legislature which governed the American colonies from 1774 until the adoption of the Articles of Confederation.10) The war fought by the American colonists to gain their independence from Great Britain. It took place from 1775 to 1781.11) A set of laws that are superior to other laws. For example, the US Constitution is a higher law than any federal or sate law.12) The branch of government that carries out the laws made by the legislative branch.13) The first 10 amendments to the Constitution. It lists some basic rights of the people that the federal government may no interfere with and must protect.
 

 

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