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39 Cards in this Set
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Abolitionist |
A person who workedtowards ending slavery |
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Alien |
A foreign-born resident who has not been naturalized |
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Articles of Confederation |
A document, adopted by the Continental Congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781, they outlined the form of government of the new United States |
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Boycott |
A refusal to buy certain goods |
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Bill of rights |
The first 10 amendments to the US constitution added in added in 1791 and consisting of a formal list of citizens rights and freedoms |
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Boston massacre |
A clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in 1770, in which five of the colonists, including Crispus Atticus, was killed |
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Boston tea party |
The dumping of 342 chests into the Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest the tea party |
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Cabinet |
A group of department heads who serve as the president's chief advisers |
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Cash crop |
A crop grown by a farmer to be sold for money rather than for personal use |
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Conquistadors |
A Spaniard who traveled to the Americas as an explorer and a conqueror in the 16th century |
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Cotton gin |
A machine invented in 1793 that clean cotton much faster and far more efficiently than human workers |
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Culture |
A way of life shared by people with similar arts, beliefs, and customs |
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Columbian exchange |
The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Western and the eastern hemispheres |
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Colonization |
To establish a colony |
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Emigrant |
A person who leaves a country |
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Frontier |
Unsettled or sparsely settled area occupied largely by Native Americans |
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Immigrant |
A person who settles in a new country |
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Industrial revolution |
In the late 18th century Britain, factory machines begin replacing hand tools and manufacturing replaced farming as the main form of work |
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Loyalist |
An American colonists who supported the British in the American revolution |
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Manifest destiny |
Belief that US was destined to stretch across the continent from Atlantic to Pacific |
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Monroe doctrine |
US policy of opposition to any Europe interference in the Western Hemisphere |
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Migrate |
Move from one location to another |
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Middle passage |
A voyage from Africa to America during the triangular trade |
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Mission |
A settlement created by church in order to convert North Americans to Christianity |
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Nationalism |
A feeling of pride, loyalty, and protection towards one's country |
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Patriot |
American colonist who sided with the rebels in the American revolution |
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Parliament |
England's chief lawmaking body |
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Popular sovereignty |
A government in which the people rule; a system in which the residence vote to decide on an issue |
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Propaganda |
An opinion expressed to influence the actions of others |
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Plantation |
A large farm that raises cash crops |
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Political party |
A group of people that promotes it's ideas and influence government (back political parties) |
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Precedent |
Prior in time, order, or significance |
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Republican |
Government in which people elect representatives to govern for themselves |
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Secede |
To withdraw |
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Sectionalism |
Placing of the interests of one's own region ahead of the interests of the nation |
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Sedition |
Laws that made it illegal to criticize the war |
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Tariff |
Tax on imported goods |
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Triangular trade |
Transatlantic system of trade where goods and slaves were exchanged between Africa |
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Unconstitutional |
Something which contradicts the law of the Constitution |
