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| The turning point of the American War for Independence | Battle of Saratoga |
| One of the first officers of the Navy | John Paul Jones |
| Most of the remaining battles for the War of Ind took place here | Southern part of America |
| Articles of Confederation | Under this the gov wasn't strong and had no power to tax |
| Continental Congress | they discussed what could be done to make our gov't stronger |
| The plan for new gov't | Constitution of the US |
| A body set up to rule the people of a certain area | Civil government |
| Dictatorship | The rule by a person with absolute power |
| Republic | People elect officials to represent them |
| Monarchy | The rule by one |
| Democracy | People hold ruling power |
| The first plan of gov't agreed upon in the US | Articles of Confederation |
| Constitution republic | A form of government in which the people and their elected represntatives are limited by a constitution |
| The head of our gov't | Republic |
| Congress | of two groups that legislative power which is the power to make national laws |
| The 2 groups of Congress | Senate and House of Representatives |
| Number of senators from each state | two |
| Number of representatives from each state depends on | the population of the state |
| The highest court in the land | Supreme Court |
| The Supreme Court has | judicial power |
| Judicial power has to do with interpreting | the Constitution |
| The Bill of Rights | is a list of rights that the Constitution gives to Americans |
| This gives the people freedom of religion, speech, press, and assembly | The First Amendment |
| The first President | George Washington |
| The first Vice President | John Adams |
| Our nations first capital was here | New York |
| This man helped plan Washington DC | Benjamin Banneker |
| John Adams | the second president of the US |
