| A | B |
|---|
| Thomas Paine | wrote Common Sense |
| Articles of Confederation | America's first Constitution |
| House of Representatives | representation based on population |
| Senate | equal representation - two per state |
| federalism | sharing power between federal gov't and states |
| James Madison | father of the US Constitution |
| slaves | counted as 3/5 of a person |
| Supreme Court | head of the judicial branch |
| President | head of the executive branch |
| legislative branch | makes the laws |
| executive branch | carries out the laws |
| judicial branch | interprets the laws |
| republic | people elect political representatives |
| Federalist | support rule by the wealthy and strong fed. gov't |
| Democratic-Republicans | want strong state gov'ts and support farmers |
| John Adams | elected in 1800 |
