| 1 | King George III | | _____ | a formal change to the constitution |
| 2 | Sugar Act | | _____ | chief advisors to the president |
| 3 | Stamp Act | | _____ | bank funded by the federal government and wealthy investors to issue paper money and handle taxes |
| 4 | due process of law | | _____ | protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped British tea into the harbor |
| 5 | Boston Massacre | | _____ | authority to decide whether a law is constitutional |
| 6 | Boston Tea Party | | _____ | people opposed to the ratification of the new constitution |
| 7 | John Locke | | _____ | powers specifically granted in the constitution |
| 8 | Common Sense | | _____ | payments of money to persuade of influence |
| 9 | Thomas Jefferson | | _____ | being tried more than once for the same crime |
| 10 | Declaration of Independence | | _____ | colonists who wanted independence from Britain |
| 11 | Loyalists | | _____ | colonists who were loyal to Britain |
| 12 | Patriots | | _____ | an agreement between citizens and the government |
| 13 | Saratoga | | _____ | conflict of colonists and British soldiers that killed 4 colonists |
| 14 | Valley Forge | | _____ | a loose alliance of states |
| 15 | inflation | | _____ | created harsher punishments for people who criticize the government |
| 16 | Marquis de Lafayette | | _____ | official approval of the constitution |
| 17 | Charles Cornwallis | | _____ | powers not granted to the federal government or denied to the states belong to the states and people |
| 18 | Yorktown | | _____ | British general |
| 19 | Treaty of Paris | | _____ | organizations that support candidates for office and try to control the government |
| 20 | egalitarianism | | _____ | king of England during the American Revolution |
| 21 | republic | | _____ | rise in the price of goods |
| 22 | Articles of Confederation | | _____ | Battle won by the Americans in 1777 |
| 23 | Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | | _____ | order in which the office of the president is filled if it becomes vacant before an election |
| 24 | Shay's Rebellion | | _____ | procedure for returning a person charged with a crime where it was committed |
| 25 | reserved powers | | _____ | main author of the Declaration of Independence |
| 26 | checks and balances | | _____ | effort by a state to cancel a federal law |
| 27 | ratification | | _____ | law passed by parliament to try and raise money |
| 28 | Federalists | | _____ | law that set up the national court system |
| 29 | Anti-federalists | | _____ | political system where 2 political parties compete for power |
| 30 | Bill of Rights | | _____ | anti-tax protest by farmers |
| 31 | double jeopardy | | _____ | all the procedures for fair treatment that must be carried out when someone is accused of a crime |
| 32 | cabinet | | _____ | refusal to buy certain goods |
| 33 | two-party system | | _____ | Battle that gave the Americans victory in the war |
| 34 | protective tariff | | _____ | canceled |
| 35 | XYZ Affair | | _____ | powers not specifically stated in the constitution |
| 36 | Sedition Acts | | _____ | ordinary citizens who could be ready to fight quickly |
| 37 | nullification | | _____ | supporters of the new constitution |
| 38 | amendment | | _____ | areas of land owned and governed by the United States but that are not states |
| 39 | boycott | | _____ | treaty that officially ended the war |
| 40 | confederation | | _____ | rule by the military |
| 41 | delegate | | _____ | document outlining the first United States government |
| 42 | diplomacy | | _____ | powers given to separate branches of government to keep any one from getting too much power |
| 43 | isolate | | _____ | law that put a tax on items such as wills and newspapers |
| 44 | Minutemen | | _____ | set of amendments passed to protect individual rights |
| 45 | national bank | | _____ | a person given power to act for others, a representative |
| 46 | political parties | | _____ | place where Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-1778 |
| 47 | social contract | | _____ | law that organized the northwest territory and decided how new states would enter the union |
| 48 | repealed | | _____ | settling disagreements between nations by discussion and negotiation |
| 49 | territories | | _____ | a government in which people elect representatives to govern |
| 50 | Democratic-Republicans | | _____ | a belief in equality |
| 51 | Judiciary Act of 1789 | | _____ | to separate from others |
| 52 | bribes | | _____ | Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that attacked monarchy |
| 53 | martial law | | _____ | part of the constitution that allows Congress to pass laws necessary to carry out its enumerated powers |
| 54 | enumerated powers | | _____ | tax on imported goods to protect domestic business |
| 55 | implied powers | | _____ | philosopher who believed in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
| 56 | elastic clause | | _____ | president |
| 57 | chief executive | | _____ | political party led by Thomas Jefferson |
| 58 | succession | | _____ | French nobleman who helped the Americans |
| 59 | judicial review | | _____ | document that said that the United States was an independent nation |
| 60 | extradition | | _____ | American anger over bribes demanded by French diplomats |