A | B |
alien | immigrant |
illegal alien | no green card |
bill of rights | basic human rights |
Thomas Jefferson | Declaration of Independence |
Articles of Confederation | First set of American laws |
Philadelphia | place of Constitutional convention |
federalist | strong central government |
Great Compromise | representation equal and population |
delegate | representative |
boycott | refuse to buy |
congress | meeting of delegates |
Stamp Act | taxes on paper products |
monarchy | king or queen |
repeal | to cancel a law |
Magna Carta | nobles' rights |
colony | settlement away from government |
parliament | England's government |
July 4, 1776 | Independence Day |
precedent | previous ruling or law |
King George III | Monarch during American Revolution |