1. Lesson 1, 2, and 3

2.  The first plan of government of the United States. page 197

3.  A storage place for weapons. page 198

4.  A body of people that has the power to make or pass laws. page 200

5.  The Regulators were led across western Massachusetts to free debtors.

6.  A formal statement of rights and liberties guaranteed to the people by state. page 208

7.  A system of government in which power in the nation is shared between the central government and the state governments.  The United States is a federal system because the states and the central government share power. page 205

8.  The head of the Judicial Branch of the federal government. It is the highest court in the country.  Has the power to decide whether any laws work against the Constitution. page 205

9.  An addition, or change, to the United States Constitution. page 209

10.  To officially approve.  At least 9 out of the 13 states had to ratify, or officially approve, the constitution. page 208

11.  The Legislative Branch passes laws and approves spending and taxes.

12.  Laws are signed, vetoed, and enforced by the Executive Branch.

13.  Supreme court and federal courts.  Only the Judicial Branch of government can interpret laws.

14.  War Hawks were Americans who supported the War of 1812. page 217

15.  The name given to the period of peace and prosperity that followed the War of 1812.  Americans felt united after the War of 1812. page 219

16.  Spain’s agreement to sell Florida to the United States in 1819. page 219

17.  The Monroe Doctrine was a Presidential decree that European nations could no longer make colonies in North or South America. page 220