7-1 and 7-2

plan of government

• constitution

• bicameral

• republic

• petition

two-house legislature

• bicameral

• republic

• petition

• ordinance

a government in which citizens elect representatives to rule

• republic

• petition

• ordinance

• depreciate

a formal written request

• petition

• ordinance

• depreciate

• ratify

official law

• ordinance

• depreciate

• ratify

• blockade

to fall in value

• depreciate

• ratify

• blockade

• privateer

to officially approve

• ratify

• blockade

• privateer

• guerilla warfare

to prevent goods from entering or leaving a port

• blockade

• privateer

• guerilla warfare

• inflation

more money is required to purchase the same amount of goods

• inflation

• mercenary

• loyalist

• Articles of Confederation

the first governing laws of the US

• Articles of Confederation

• bicameral

• republic

• petition