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38 Cards in this Set
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Abolitionist
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A person who wants to end slavery
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Alien
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Someone born from another nation
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Apprentice
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Beginner who learns a trade
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Articles of Confederation
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A document adopted by Continental Congress in 1777 and approved by the states 1781. Outlined form of gov. for USA
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Boycott
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A refusal to not buy certain goods.
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Bill of Rights
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The first 10 amendments to the US Constitution added in 1791. Consisting of a formal list of rights or freedoms.
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Boston Massacre
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A clash between British soldiers and Boston Colonists in 1770. 5 colonist were killed.
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Boston Tea Party
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The dumping of 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor by colonist in 1773 to protest the tea act.
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Cabinet
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A group of department heads that serve as the presidents chief advisors.
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Cash Crop
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a crop grown by a farmer for money and not personal use.
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Conquistador
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A Spaniard who traveled to the Americas as an explorer and a conquer in the 16th century.
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Cotton Gin
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A machine invented in 1793 that cleaned cotton much faster than human workers.
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Columbian Exchange
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The transfer of plants, animals and diseases between the Eastern and Western hemisphere.
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Culture
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A way of life shared by people with similar beliefs and customs.
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Colonization
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To establish a colony and expansion of political and economic control over an area.
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Emigrant
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A person who leaves a country to go to another.
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Frontier
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Unsettled area occupied largely by Native Americans.
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Immigrant
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A person who settles in a new country.
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Industrial Revolution
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In the late 18th century British factory machines began replacing hand tools and farming.
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Loyalist
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An American colonist who supported the British in the American Revolution.
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Manifest Destiny
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The belief that the US was destined to spread across the continent from Atlantic to Pacific.
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Monroe
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A policy to the US opposition to any European interference in the Western hemisphere.
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Migrate
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To move from one location to another.
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Middle Passage
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The middle leg of the triangular trade route from Africa to the Americas that brought captured Africans to slavery.
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Mission
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A settlement created by the church in order to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
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Nationalism
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A feeling of pride, loyalty, and protectiveness towards one country.
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Patriot
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An american colonist who sided with the rebels in the American Revolution.
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Parliament
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Englands chief law making body.
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Popular Sovereignty
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A government in which people rule. A system in which residents vote to decide an issue.
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Propaganda
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An opinion expressed fort the purpose of influencing the actions of others.
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Plantation
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A large farm that raises cash crops.
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Political Party
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A group of people that tries to promote its ideas and influence governments and backs candidates for office.
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Precedent
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A law or rule established in a prvious time or case.
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Republic
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a goverment which people elect representatives to govern for them.
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secede
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to withdraw
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sectionalism
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the placing of intrest of ones own region ahead of the intrest of the nation as a whole
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sedition
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in 1918 law that made it illegal to critisize the war heavty fines and long prison terms for those who anti war activity.
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triangular trade
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the trans atlantic system of trade in which goods including slaves were exchanged between africa europe and the west indies and england with the colonies of north america
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