TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 A New Government 5 CHAPTER 2 The First Supreme Court 11 CHAPTER 3 Judging the Early Years 15 CHAPTER 4 Power of Review 21 VOICES FROM THE PAST John Marshall 24 CHAPTER 5 The Modern Judicial Branch 27 Focus on the Judicial Branch Index Glossary To Learn More
CHAPTER 1 A NEW GOVERNMENT The American Revolutionary War 1775 1783 was finally over The United States was now independent But in 1783 the US government did not look the way it does today It was made up of one main body This body was known as the Congress of the Confederation Fighting ended in 1781 when George Washington accepted the surrender of a British general 5
