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Abolitionist
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A person involved in the movement to end slavery
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Alien
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A foreigner
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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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The 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 Crispis 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 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 Americans 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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Columbian Exchange
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The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Western and the 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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To send a group of settlers to a place and establish political control over it.
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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 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 Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
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Monroe
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An industrial and commercial city in north central Louisiana, in a natural gas producing area.
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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 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 that 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
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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 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 ones own region ahead of the interests of the nation as a whole.
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Sedition
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a 1918 law that made it illegal to criticize the war; it set heavy fines and long prison terms for those who engaged in anti-war activities.
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Tariff
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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, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies of North America.
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Unconstitutional
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something that contradicts the law of the Constitution.
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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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