World History

2. of Rights — First ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution that protect individual freedoms.
9. v. Madison — Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review.
11. — People who opposed the Constitution because they feared a powerful national government.
13. — Colonists who supported independence from Britain.
14. — Economic system where colonies provided resources and wealth to the mother country.
17. Tea Party — Protest where colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor.
19. Review — The power of courts to declare laws unconstitutional.
20. — People who supported the Constitution and a stronger national government.

1. Purchase — 1803 land deal that greatly expanded the United States westward.
3. — Colonists who remained loyal to Britain during the American Revolution.
4. Ordinance — Law that created a process for territories to become states.
5. of 1763 — British law that banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
6. Affair — Diplomatic incident that increased tensions between the United States and France.
7. Acts — British taxes placed on goods such as glass, paper, and tea.
8. of Confederation — America’s first national government that created a weak central government.
10. Massacre — 1770 event where British soldiers fired on and killed colonists.
12. States Constitution — Document that established the current U.S. government.
15. & Sedition Acts — Laws that limited immigration and restricted criticism of the government.
16. Rebellion — Uprising of Massachusetts farmers protesting debt and taxes.
18. Compromise — Agreement that counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxation.