Oct. 29, 2021

Place where Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-1778, a 4th of troops died here from disease and malnutrition, Steuben comes and trains troops

• Yorktown

• Valley Forge

• Saratoga

• Lexington and Concord

Branch of government that makes the laws; This branch can impeach the leaders of the Executive orJudicial Branches. Congress

• Executive

• Legislative

• Judical

the branch of government that carries out laws; The President can veto a law if he believes it is not good. President

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

Branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly. Can declare laws unconstitutional. Supreme Court

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Executive

Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law. This is to ensure that no one branch becomes too powerful.

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

• Rule of Law

• Separation of Powers

A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power

• Separation of Powers

• Rule of Law

• Federalism

• Checks and Balances

A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments

• Federalism

• Checks and balances

• Separation of Powers

• Judicial Review

America's first Constitution. It failed because it allowed the state governments to have more power than the federal government. The federal government did not have the power to raise taxes, make a common form of money, control trade between the states, and it did not have an Executive Branch.

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

This plan wanted to create a legislative branch where each states representation would be based on that states population (larger states have more representative and more power).

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Great Compromise

• Connecticut Compromise

This plan wanted each state to have one representative. This meant that the states would have equal representation.

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Great Compromise

• Connecticut Compromise