| A | B |
|---|
| Stamp Act | tax on wills, deeds and newspapers |
| Boycott Brittish goods | colonist response to Stamp Act |
| Closing Boston Harbor and occupied the city | Americans call First Continental Congress to respond |
| Declaration of Independence | 2nd Continental Congress- Thomas Jefferson |
| Articles of Confederation | First weak government of the United States |
| checks and balances | legislative, judicial and executive branches have power over eaach other |
| federal system | power divided between national and state governments |
| Bill of Rights | first 10 amendments to the US Constitution |
| Haiti | French Colony made up mostly of slaves |
| Jean Jacques Dessalines | General who lead Haiti to independence |
| peninsulares | top of the social class- men born in Spain |
| Creoles | Spaniards born in Latin America |
| Mulattos | mixed European and African ancestry |
| Simon Bolivar | declared Venezuelas independence |
| Jose de San Martin | freed Argentina and Chile |
| Miguel Hidalgo | a priest who started the move |
| Brazil | The center of Portugal's empire during Napoleons time |
