| A | B |
|---|
| representative | people chosen to speak for others |
| constitution | written plan of government |
| amendment | additions to the Constitution |
| frontier | the edge of a settled area |
| Bill of Rights | the first ten amendments |
| checks and balances | three branches of government where each branch checks on the others so nobody has too much power |
| capital | it is a city where the government meets |
| Preamble | the introduction to the Constitution |
| Constitutional Convention | the place where a plan for the american government was written |
| War of 1812 | when the United States declared war on britain because the british kidnapped American sailors and forced them to serve in the British navy |
| Articles of Confederation | the first plan of government |
| nickname for NY | Seat of the Empire; George Washington gave it that name |
| George Washington | first president of the United Staes |
| New York City | where George Washington got sworn in because it was the capital of the US at the time |
| John Jay | elected to be one of the first representative from New York |
| Alexander Hamilton | one of the leaders at the Constitutional Convention |
| Red Jacket | a leader of the Seneca tribe |
| meeting at Big Tree | the Seneca Indians sold most of their land in western NY for $100,000 |
| Utica | it was the starting point of Genessee Road which led to NY's western frontier |
| George Clinton | first govenor of NYS |
| govenor of New York | patterson |
| two senators of New York | Kirsten Gillebrand and Charles Schumer |
