Chapter One

3. made it a crime for citizens to publicly discredit the federal leaders
5. representative assembly of Colonial Virginia formed in 1619
6. designed the Virginia Plan
8. official ban or restriction on trade
9. principle that divides power among the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of government
12. machine invented in 1793 to separate the cotton fiber from its hard shell
13. the federal government and the state governments share power
14. drafted the Declaration of Independence
18. farmers rebellion led by Daniel Shay against higher taxes in Massachusetts
19. first 10 amendments to the constitution; written list of freedoms

1. religious movement in English Colonies in the 1730's and 40's which was heavily inspired by evangelical preachers
2. each branch of government has the power to limit the actions of the other two
4. 1803 purchase from France by the United States of the territory between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains
7. document signed in 1689 that guaranteed the rights of English Citizens
10. policy of seizing people or property for military or public usage
11. officially approve
12. spanish conqueror
15. forced transport of enslaved Africans from West Africa to the Americas
16. a characteristic of Indian cultures, extended family groups
17. authorized the president to arrest and deport immigrants who criticized the federal government