| A | B |
|---|
| Bill of Rights | 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution |
| Common Sense | A pamphlet urging colonists not to be loyal to the King |
| Refugees | a person who flees his or her homeland to seek safety elsewhere. |
| Constitution | document that sets out laws & principles of a government |
| Traitors | person who betrays their country |
| Judicial Branch | branch of gov't that decides if laws are carried out fairly |
| Loyalist | colonist who remained loyal to Britain |
| Legislative branch | branch of gov't that passes laws |
| patriot | colonists who supported independence from British rule |
| Olive Branch Petition | written by John Dickinson telling king that we wanted to be loyal and to repeal the Intolerable Acts |
| Executive Branch | branch of gov't that carries out laws |
| Sons of Liberty | Group of colonists who fought for the right to be free from England |
| Shays Rebellion | 2000 farmers who attacked courthouses and prevented the state from seizing farms. |
| Articles of Confederation | 1st United States Constitution |
| Constitutional Convention | meeting of 12 delegates from the 12 states who wrote the Constitution |
| Treaty of Paris | Treaty that ended the French Indian war and ended French power in North America |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | set up law in the Northwest Territory, guaranteeing basic rights to & outlawed slavery |
| Virginia Plan | James Madison & Edmund Randolph wrote plan for a strong national gov't with 3 legislative branches. |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | system for surveying and settling the Northwest Territory |
| New Jersey Plan | plan written for small states so that they would have some equality with the larger states. |
| Great Compromise | plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states |
| Senate | smaller house of Congress where each state has 2 senators |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | agreement at the Constitutional Convention that three fifths of the slaves in any state be counted in its population |
