Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- A politically organized body of people under a single government (plural)
- 3 Across
- The successful ending of the American Revolution
- 6 Across
- Keeping someone or something safe from harm.
- 8 Across
- The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- 10 Across
- Treating others with care and consideration
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- The quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status
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- A plan of action adopted by an individual or social group (plural)
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- Any basic ___ or freedom to which all ___ beings are entitled and in whose exercise (plural)
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- The body of people who lead a group
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- A state of order in which events conform to the ___
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- A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage
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- Government in which people vote for their leaders
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- An announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event (plural)
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- Being able to act without being controlled
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- Calm time without war or fighting
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- A young person
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