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| a written plan of government |
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| any government that is not rouled by a king or queena nd in which power rests with the people |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| adopted in 1781, set up a system of government that divided power between the national government and the state governments |
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| agreement in which the legislature would have two houses; the Senate and the House of Representatives |
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| person who supported the new Constitution |
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| first ten constintuional amendments, which guarantee freedom of speech, press, religion, and other rights |
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| land that the US bought from France in 1803 |
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| any Western leader who wanted to go to war against Britain to wstop British aid to Native Americans and to force British out of Canada |
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| relating to one's own country |
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| the blocking of a port by warships |
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| a special representative chosen by voters to elect the president and vice-president of the US |
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| an opponent of the proposed US Constitution of 1787 |
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| a change in a bill, law, or constitution |
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| a government in which power is divided between national and state governments |
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| the system in which each branch of governement can limit the powers or actions of the other branches |
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| Lewis and Clark expedition |
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| the exploration of the northern section of the Lousiana Territory by a gorup of about 40 explorers led by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lieutentant William Clark |
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| explorer who set out several dozen men to explore the southern part of the Louisiana Purchase |
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| a law passed by Congress forbidding American ships to sail to foreign ports, and closing American ports to British ships |
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| name given to Western leaders around 1812 who wanted the US to go to war against Britain |
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| a North Carolinian who settled in Tennessee |
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| battle during the War of 1812 in which American troops led by General Andrew jackson defeated the British on January 8, 1815 |
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