U.S. Government Test

2. second nation in the Americas to achieve independence from colonial rule
4. a plan of government or framework of how government is to be organized
5. the authority of the people
7. illegal goods
9. colonials who said they could be ready to fight in 60 seconds
11. British mercenaries
12. a plan that would create a government with 3 branches
17. formed by the Continental Congress which served as the national government-it depended on voluntary contributions
18. has the power to coin money, regulate trade, maintain armed forces, post office, make treaties
19. the exercise of political authority over a people and the performance of certain functions for the people
20. said "Give me liberty or give me death"

1. brought democratic government to the land that had been ruled by autocratic kings since the Middle Ages
3. corresponding in size
6. government controlled supervision of the economy to gain wealth for the country
8. the chief author of the Constitution also referred to as the "the father of the Constitution"
10. citizen soldiers
13. ____of 1800 required people to buy 320 acres of land for $2 each and they could pay it off in 4 years
14. lands north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River
15. was in charge of the post office
16. ____'s Rebellion started in 1786 to prevent the state of Massachusetts from seizing farmers' land due to high debt