| A | B |
| request taxes | Articles of Confederation |
| levy taxes | Constitution |
| no federal courts | Articles of Confederation |
| court system | Constitution |
| no executive | Articles of Confederation |
| Executive Branch headed by a President | Constitution |
| Congress could not raise and army | Articles of Confederation |
| Congress can raise an army | Constitution |
| Sovereignty resides in states | Articles of Confederation |
| Constitution is the supreme law of the land | Constitution |
| fishing,whaling, shipbuilding | New England |
| farming just enough for the family | subsistence farming |
| middle colonies were known as | breadbasket |
| wheat as cash grop | Middle Colonies |
| large estates in the southern colonies | plantations |
| tobacco, indigo, rice | southern colonies |
| President appoints official | Senate approves presidential appoints |
| President goes to China and make a treaty | Treaty must be approved by the with a 2/3 vote Senate |
| senate does not approve treaty | President bypass the senate with an executive agreement |
| bill is sent to president for his signature | the President might veto it |
| President vetoes a bill | Congress overrides the veto with a 2/3 majority in each house |
| Congress can pass laws | Judicial branch can declare them unconstitutional |
| Judicial Branch declares law unconsitutional | Congress can pass a new law |
| President can send troop | only Congress can declare war |
| the House starts impeachment proceedings | The Senate acts as a jury |