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38 Cards in this Set
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Abolitionist
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A supporter of the movement 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 a 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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A 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 five 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 1773 to protest the tea act.
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Cabinet
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A group of department heads who serve as the president's 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 for more efficiently than human workers
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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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Culture
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A way of life shared by people with similar arts, beliefs, and customs
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Colonization
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When a body of people liv in another country but retain ties to the mother country.
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Emigrant
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A person who leaves the country
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Frontier
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Unsettled of 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 Revolutions
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Manifest Destiny
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The belief that the Untied States was destined to stretch across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
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Monroe
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The monroe doctrine was a policy of the United States introduced on December 2nd, 1823. It started that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as the acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention.
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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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Nationalism
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A feeling of pride, loyalty, and protectiveness toward one's country
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Parliament
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England's chief lawmaking 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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An opinion expressed for 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 government, and also back candidates for office.
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Precedent
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An example set for those who follow
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Republic
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A government in 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 interests in one's own region ahead of the interests of the nation as a whole
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Sedition
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To stir up trouble against your government
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Tariff
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A tax on foreign goods
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Triangular Trade
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The transatlantic system of trade in which goods, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies in North America.
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Unconstitutional
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Something that contradicts the law of the Constitution
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