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| 10927960515 | George Washington | General, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Later named the first President of the United States. |  | 0 |
| 10927960518 | Republican Motherhood | Predominant conception of women's roles before, during and after the American Revolution: Though this idea emphasized the separation of women's and men's roles, it did weight heavily the influence of the mother on the family and advocated for this influence to be taken seriously. |  | 1 |
| 10927960519 | Legislative Branch | The branch of government tasked with writing laws. |  | 2 |
| 10927960520 | Judicial Branch | The branch of government tasked with interpreting/reviewing laws. | | 3 |
| 10927960521 | Executive Branch | The branch of government tasked with enforcing laws. | | 4 |
| 10927960522 | The Articles of Confederation | An agreement among all thirteen original states in the United States of America that served as its first constitution. Drafted by a committee appointed by the Second Continental Congress, ratified in late 1777. Later replaced by the Constitution of the United States of America. |  | 5 |
| 10927960523 | Constitutional Convention | Took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Although the Convention was intended to revise the Articles of Confederation, the intention from the outset of many of its proponents, chief among them James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, was to create a new government rather than fix the existing one. |  | 6 |
| 10927960524 | Federalism | a system of government in which entities such as states or provinces share power with a national government. |  | 7 |
| 10927960525 | Separation of Powers | Inspired by Montesquieu in The Spirit of the Laws, the idea of a constitutional government with three separate branches of government. Each of the three branches would have defined abilities to check the powers of the other branches. |  | 8 |
| 10927960526 | The Federalist Papers | a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution. |  | 9 |
| 10927960527 | Alexander Hamilton | Founder of the Federalist Party, Co-author of The Federalist Papers, First Secretary of the Treasury |  | 10 |
| 10927960528 | James Madison | Co-Author of the Federalist Papers, hailed as "the Father of the Constitution," Fourth President of the United States |  | 11 |
| 10927960529 | Bill of Rights | the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. 17841. These amendments add to the Constitution specific guarantees of personal freedoms and rights, clear limitations on the government's power in judicial and other proceedings, and explicit declarations that all powers not specifically delegated to Congress by the Constitution are reserved for the states or the people. |  | 12 |
| 10927960530 | Democratic-Republican Party | formed by Thomas Jefferson and others who believed in an agrarian-based, decentralized,democratic government. The party was established to oppose the Federalists who had supported and pushed through the ratification of the US Constitution. |  | 13 |
| 10927960532 | The Northwest Ordinance | created the the first organized territory of the United States, from lands beyond the Appalachian Mountains, between British North America and the Great Lakes to the north and the Ohio River to the south. |  | 14 |
| 10927960533 | French Revolution | a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799, and was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French Empire. The Revolution overthrew the monarchy, established a republic. |  | 15 |
| 10927960534 | Popular Sovereignty | the principle that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (Rule by the People), who are the source of all political power. |  | 16 |
| 10927960536 | insurrection | Rebellion against political authority. |  | 17 |
| 10927960537 | mercantilism | The economic theory that all parts of an economy should be coordinated for the good of the whole state; hence, that colonial economics should be subordinated for the benefit of an empire. |  | 18 |
| 10927960539 | protective tariffs | Taxes places on imported goods, often to raise prices and thus protect domestic producers. |  | 19 |
| 10927960546 | inflation | An increase in the supply of currency relative to the goods available, leading to a decline in the purchasing power of money. |  | 20 |
| 10927960550 | neutral | A nation or person not taking sides in a war. |  | 21 |
| 10927960562 | ratification | The confirmation or validation of an act (such as the constitution) by authoritative approval. |  | 22 |
| 10927960565 | territory | In America, government an organized political entity not yet enjoying full equal terms of a state. | | 23 |
| 10927960566 | annex | To make a smaller territory or political unit part of a larger one. |  | 24 |
| 10927960569 | bicameral | Referring to a legislative body with two houses |  | 25 |
| 10927960571 | public debt | The debt of a government or nation to individual creditors, also called the national debt. |  | 26 |
| 10927960572 | cabinet | The body of official advisers to the head of a government; in the United States, it consists of the heads of the major executive departments. |  | 27 |
| 10927960573 | fiscal | Concerning public finances-expenditures and revenues. |  | 28 |
| 10927960577 | impressment | To force people or property into public service without choice. |  | 29 |
| 10927960581 | nullification | In American politics, the assertion that a state may legally invalidate a federal act deemed inconsistent with its rights or sovereignty. |  | 30 |
