| A | B |
|---|
| Legislative Supremacy | A government where most of the power is given to the legislature |
| Petition | Make a formal request of government |
| Popular Sovereignty | People are the highest authority, government gets its right to govern from the people |
| Veto | Refuse to sign (pass) a proposed law written by the legislature |
| Articles of Confederation | The first constitution of the United States. It created a weak national government in order to unify the states and to conduct the war. |
| National Government | A central government that could make decisions for and take actions for all of the states. |
| Northwest Ordinance | It gave settlers in the Northwest the right to organize governments and be admitted as new states. It also prohibited slavery in new western states. |
| Shay's Rebellion | Daniel Shays led farmers in a revolt that closed Massachusetts court houses in order to prevent farms being taken away from farmers who couldn't pay their debt. |
