1. 13 original Colonies Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Virginia

2. Thomas Jefferson The third president Author of the declaration of independence

3. Match the Phrase with the Document “We hold these truths to be self- evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”

4. Declaration of Independence Document that officially announced the independence of the United State

5. Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness Unalienable rights guaranteed by the Declaration of Independence

6. Thomas Paine Wrote the pamphlet Common Sense

7. Patriots Colonist that supported independence from England

8. Loyalists Colonist that were loyal to the British King

9. Federalism A form of government in which power is divided between the federal/national government and the states

10. Federal System

11. Magna Carta A document that limited the king power in England. Lead to the establishment of the English parliament

12. Parliament England's bicameral government made up of the House of lords and the House of Commons

13. Mercantilism Economic theory that state that a country should sell more goods than it buys.

14. Stamp Act A tax on all paper goods sold in the colonies 1.News papers 2.Playing Cards 3.Legal Documents 4.Dice

15. Boycott The refusal of American colonist to buy or use English goods Lead to the repeal of the stamp act

16. Intolerable Acts Acts passed by the English to punish Boston for the boycott of English goods. The quartering act forced colonist to house any and all English troops for free

17. Boston Tea Party / Boston Massacre Two events that sparked the American Revolution Sons of liberty Crispus Attucks

18. Government Ruling authority for a community/country Types include: Dictatorship Monarchy Totalitarianism Communism Democracy

19. Dictatorship A person or small group of people that control a country

20. Monarchy A nation that is ruled by a King or Queen

21. Totalitarianism A Government that regulates nearly every aspect of public and private sectors

22. Communism Government/party control all facets of peoples lives. People work for the government instead of the government working for the people

23. Direct Democracy Originated in ancient Greece. Every eligible voter meet at a town meeting and voted on all issues facing the community.

24. Democracy A form of government where citizens own the power to rule (Examples) 1.Direct 2.Representative

25. Popular Sovereignty The notion that power lies with the people They express this power through voting.