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38 Cards in this Set
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Abolitionist
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someone whos belives in abolishing slavery.
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Alien
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illeagal immigrant; unofficial citizen
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Apprentice
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a beginner who learns 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 finnally aproved 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 in the U.S. Constitution, added in 1791, and consisting of a formal list of citizens' rights.
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Boston Massacare
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a clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in 1770, in which five colonists were killed.
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The Boston Tea Party
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the dumping of 342 barrels of tea into the 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 president's chief advisors.
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Cash Crop
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a crop grown by a farmer to be sold 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 conquerer in the 16-th 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 Eastern and Western hemispheres
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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 are 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 Britian, factory machines began replacing hand tools and manufacturing replaced farming as the main source 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 Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean
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Monroe Doctrine
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a plocy of U.S. 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
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Mission
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a settlment 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 protectivness to 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 system of government in which residents vote to decide issues
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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
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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 intrests of one's own region ahead of the intrests of the nation as a whole
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Sedition
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a 1918 law that made it illeagal to criticize the war
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Tariff
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a tax on imported goods
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Triangular Trade
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a transatlantic system of trade in which goods, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indes, 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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