| A | B |
|---|
| Thomas Jefferson | Declaration of Independence |
| independent | to be free |
| Loyalists | people who wanted to stay with England |
| American Revolution | war for American freedom from Great Britain |
| "All men are created... | equal" |
| constitution | plan for government |
| two houses of Congress | House of Representatives and Senate |
| two people elected from each state | Senate |
| people who write the laws | Congress |
| President | carries out the laws |
| decide if laws are constitutional | Supreme Court |
| first ten amendments | Bill of Rights |
| three parts of the government | legislative, judicial, executive |
| Benjamin Franklin | candlemaker, writer, printer, representative to France |
| George Washington | "Father of our country" |
| Pierre L'Enfant | planned Washington, DC |
| Napoleon | sold Louisiana to the US |
| Lewis and Clark | explored Louisiana Purchase |
| Sacajawea | guide for Lewis and Clark |
| freedom of the seas | started the war of 1812 |
| James Madison | President during the War of 1812 |
| Tecumseh | fought with the British but was killed in battle |
| Dolley Madison | saved documents and painting from a burning White House |
| Andrew Jackson | won the Battle of New Orleans after the war had ended |
| Results of the War of 1812 | people knew the US was strong enough to fight |
