Social Studies Final Vocabulary

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Abolitionist

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A person that was in the movement to end slavery.

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Alien

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An immigrant who is not yet a citizen of the united states.

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Apprentice

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A beginner who learns a trade or a craft form 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 the form of government of the new united states.

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Boycott

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A refusal to 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 Nassacre

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A clash between British soliders and British colonists in 1770, in which five of the colonists, including crispus attacks, were killed.

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Boston tea party

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The 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 presideent's chief advisers.

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Cash crop

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A crop grown by a farmer to be sold for money

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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 the cotton much faster faster and far more efficently 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 or colonies.

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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 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 late 18th century Britian, 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 strech across the continent from the atlantic ocean 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 a triangular trade route- the voyage to 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 the 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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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 the government, and also backs candidates for office.

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Precedent

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any act or decision that serves as a guide or justification for sequential situations.

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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 the interests of one's own religion ahead of the interests of the nation as a whole.

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Sectionalism

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The placing of the interests of ones own religion ahead of the interests of the nation as a whole.

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Sedition

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A law in 1918 that made it illegal to criticize the war; it set heavy fines and long prison terms for those involved with antiwar activities.

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Tariff

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A tax on imported 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.