A | B |
Legislative Branch | Lawmaking boday |
George Washington | Commander of army and first president |
Boycott | refusal to buy as a protest |
Federal System | Shared Powers between the state and the Central government |
Bill of Rights | Individual rights put at the end of the constitution |
King George III | King of England that raised taxes on the American colonists |
Patriot | A person who is loyal to his country |
Declaration of Independence | Paper that said that the American colonies were free from England |
Thomas Jefferson | Wrote the Declaration of Independence |
Colonists wanted | REPRESENTATION in Parliament |
Patrick Henry | "Give me liberty or give me death |
Confederation | First government of the US It was weak |
Executive Branch | President |
Judicial | Courts |