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40 Cards in this Set
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Abolitionist
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A person trying to end slavery
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Alien
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A foreigner
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Apprentice
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A beginner who learns a trade or craft from an experienced master
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Articles of Confederation
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A document adopted by the continental congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781 that outlined the form of government of the new United States
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Boycott
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Refusal to buy certain goods
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Bill of Rights
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The first ten amendments to the U.S constitution added in 1791 and consisting of a formal list of citizens rights and freedoms
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Boston Massacre
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A clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in 1770 in which 5 of the colonists including Crispus Attucks were killed
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Boston Tea Party
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The dumping of 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest the tea act
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Cabinet
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A group of department heads who serve as the presidents chief advisers
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Cash Crop
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A crop grown by a farmer to be sold for money rather than for personal use
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Conquistador
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A Spaniard who traveled to the Americas as an explorer and a conqueror in the 16th century
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Cotton Gin
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A machine invented in 1793 that cleaned cotton much faster and far more efficiently than human workers
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Culture
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A way of life shared by people with similar arts, beliefs, and customs
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Columbian Exchange
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The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the western and eastern hemispheres
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Colonization
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To establish a colony
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Emigrant
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A person who leaves a country
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Frontier
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Unsettled or sparsely settled 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 Britain, factory machines began replacing hand tools and manufacturing replaced farming as the main form of work
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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 United States was destined to stretch across the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
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Monroe Doctrine
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A policy of U.S opposition to any European interference in the Western hemisphere announced by president Monroe in 1823
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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- the voyage from Africa to the Americas- that brought captured Africans into 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 toward one's 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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England's chief law making body
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Popular Sovereignty
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A government in which the people rule a system in which the residents vote to decide an issue
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Propaganda
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Information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation
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Plantation
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A long, artificially-established forest, farm or estate, where crops are grown for sale
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Political Party
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An organization of people which seeks to achieve goals common to its members
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Precedent
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An earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.
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Republic
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A form of government in which power resides in the people
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Secede
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To withdraw
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Sectionalism
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Is loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country
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Sedition
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Incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
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Tariff
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A tax on imports or exports
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Triangular Trade
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A historical term indicating trade among three ports or regions
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Unconstitutional
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Not in accordance with a political constitution, especially the US Constitution, or with procedural rules.
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