| A | B |
|---|
| Constitution | A formal document of rules and principles |
| Legislative Branch | Makes the laws |
| Executive Branch | Enforces the laws |
| Judicial Branch | Interprets and applies the laws |
| Republic | Government without a monarch |
| Republican Motherhood | Following thr revolurtionary war when women went back to raising families and educating childres |
| Articles of Confederation | First form of government by the new nation |
| Ratify | Give formal approval |
| Amend articles | All 13 states had to vote yes |
| Pass laws | 9 of 13 states had to vote yes |
| Foreign relations | Actions with other nations |
| Taxes | National government could not impose |
| Trade | National government did not have power to regulate |
| Department of Finance | Controlled the money |
| Inflation | Economic period where prices rise and value of money falls |
| Currency | Paper money |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | Surveyed the Northwest territory |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | Set up the rules of government for the territory |
| Township | Area of land 6 miles by 6 miles |
| Section | One square mile |
| Witness Trees | Used to mark the borders of one's land |
| Acres | 640 in a section |
| Governor | Person in charge of each new territory |
| State | Nation |
| Richard Henry Lee | Defended the Articles of Confederation |
| John Jay | Negotiated the peace treaty with Great Britain |
| Robert Morris | Head of the Department of Finance |
| Haym Salomon | Assistant to Robert Morris |
| John Dickinson | Drafted the new plan of government |
| Judith Sargent Murray | Believed women should be educated in reason |
| Pamela Dwight Sedgwick | Family values include education |
| Patrick Henry | Inspired Americans for Independence |
