| 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 |