Olive Branch Petition - A letter to King Jorge asking him to work with the colonists to prevent war., alliance - Agreements with other countries., Correspondence committees - A group of leaders from all the colonies who wrote letters to each other asking for advice and support., Continental Congress - A meeting of delegates from the colonies to decide how to deal with Britain., delegates - People sent to represent and speak on behalf of a group., radical - Drastic, extreme, new, or revolutionary belief., militia - Armies composed of men from the colonies., constitution - A document that represents the laws of a country., executive branch - Part of the government that must execute the laws., monarchy - Government of a country by a king or queen., judicial branch - Part of the government that must decide what the laws mean., Constitutional Convention - A meeting in which delegates created and voted on the laws that would govern the United States., ratified - Accepted by vote., legislative branch - Part of the government that creates the laws.,

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