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Abolitionist
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someone involved in the movement to stop slavery.
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Alien
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immigrants to the U.S.
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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 cpmtimemtal congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781, that outlined the form of government of the 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, and 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 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 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 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 the 1793 that cleaned cotton much faster and far more efficiently than teh 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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emigrant
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a person who leaves a country
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frontier
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unsettled or sparesly 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 Doctrine
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a policy of a U.S. opposition to any Europian 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 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 created by the church in order to convert native americans ti 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 action 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 backs candidates for office
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precedent
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an earlier action or event stated 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 one's 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 anti-war activities
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tariff
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a tax of 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 constitution
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