| A | B |
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| republic | a government in which power to govern comes from the people to govern |
| revolution | major change |
| constitution | a set of laws governing a state or nation |
| proclamation | an official announcement |
| Loyalist | a person who was a supporter of Great Britain |
| Patriot | a person who supported the American cause for independence from Britain |
| Declaration of Independence | the formal document declaring America's independence from Britain |
| Bill of Rights | The first ten admendments to the Constitution |
| embargo | a government order that stops or slows trade with a particular nation |
| territory | an area of land that has not yet become a state |
| Boston Tea Party | a protest by American colonists against the British tax on tea |
| compromise | an agreement in which each side gives in a little |
| pacifist | a person who does not believe in fighting or going to war |
| federalism | system of government that divides power between national and state government |
| political party | a group of people who hold certain beliefs about how the government should be run |
| Frame of Government | William Penn's plan for the government of the PA colony |
| Boston Massacre | one of the first confrontations between American colonists and British soldiers |
| Minuteman | a member of a militia of citizens who claimed to be ready to fight at a minute's notice |
