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Artifact

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something left behind by early people

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Archaeology

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the study of ancient people

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Ice Age

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Periods of cold temperatures

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Nomad

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People who move from place to place usually in search for food and land

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Migration

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Moving from place to place

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Maize

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A type of corn

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Carbon dating

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What scientists use to find out how old an artifact is

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Culture

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A way of life

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Civilization

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Highly developed societies

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Theocracy

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A society ruled by ancient people

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Hieroglyphics

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Symbols or pictures used to represent things, ideas, and sounds

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Terrace

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Broad platforms

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Pueblo

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Villages

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Drought

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Long periods of little rainfall

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Adobe

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Dried mud brick

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Federation

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Governments that linked different groups

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Inca

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The largest ancient civilization in the Americas that created terraces. In South America.

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Maya

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Ancient civilization that built their civilization in the steamy rain forests of present-day Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize. Developed new way of farming and calendar

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Aztec

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Great civilization whose capital was Tenochtitlán.

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Classical

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Ancient Greek and Roman works

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Renaissance

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A period of intellectual and artistic creativity

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Technology

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The use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes

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Astrolabe

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An instrument that measured the position of the stars

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Caravel

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Three-masted ship

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Pilgrimage

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Journey to a holy place

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Mosque

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Muslim houses of worship

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Line of Declaration

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Imaginary line running down the middle of the Atlantic from the North Pole to the South Pole.

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Strait

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Narrow, twisting sea passage

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Circumnavigate

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Sail around the world

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Conquistador

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Explorers that received grants from the Spanish rulers

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Tribute

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Money paid for protection

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Pueblos

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Towns

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Mission

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Religious center of trade

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Presidio

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Fort

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Encomienda

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The right to demand taxes or labor from Native Americans living on the land

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Plantation

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Large estate

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Mercantilism

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A nation’s power based on its wealth

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Colombian Exchange

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An exchange of plants, animals, and disease

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Northwest Passage

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A more direct water route through the Americas

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Christopher Columbas

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Man who discovered the Bahamas and apparently America

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Man who were the first to circumnavigate the world

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Hernan Cortes

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Man who conquered the Aztecs

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Cabeza de Vaca

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Was part of a Spanish expedition to Florida in 1528

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Henry Hudson

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Found the Hudson Bay and the Hudson River

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Samuel de Champlain

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Established the settlement Quebec

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Hernando de Soto

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Led an expedition to explore Florida and lands west

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Jacques Cartier

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Man who tried to find a sea route to the Pacific. St. Lawrence

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Juan Ponce de Leon

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Explorer in Florida

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Charter

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The right to organize settlements in an area

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Joint-stock company

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Buying stock in the company in return for a share in future profits

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Burgesses

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Representatives

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Dissent

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Disagreeing with beliefs or practices

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Persecute

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Treated harshly

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Puritan

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Protestants wanting to reform the Anglican Church

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Separatists

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Those wanting to set up own churches

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Pilgrim

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What Separatists considered themselves

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Toleration

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Allowing to do something

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Mayflower Compact

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Formal document Pilgrims drew up

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Patroon

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Wealthy landowners who acquired riverfront estates

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Proprietary Colony

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Colony in which the owner owned all land and controlled the government

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Pacifist

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People who do not use force or fight in wars

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Constitution

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Plan of government

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Debtors

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People unable to repay debts

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Indentured servant

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Person who paid back someone who brought him or her to the land

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Tenant Farmer

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People who brought settlers to their land

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Subsistence Farming

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Produced just enough to meet the needs of the family

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Triangular Trade

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Routes that form a triangle

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Cash Crop

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Crops that could be sold in markets easily

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Diversity

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Variety

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Tidewater

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Region of flat, lowlying plains along the seacoast

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Backcountry

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Region of hills and forests near the Appalachian Mountains

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Overseer

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Bosses

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Mercantilism

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Theory that states that as a nation’s trade grows, it’s gold reserves increase, and the nation becomes more powerful

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Export

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Sell abroad

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Import

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Bought from foreign markets

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Smuggling

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Trading illegally

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Charter Colony

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Colony established by someone who was given a charter

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Proprietary Colony

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Colonies ruled by proprietors

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Royal Colonies

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Colonies ruled by the country that founded them

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Apprentice

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Learning assistants

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Literacy

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The ability to read and write

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Militia

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Group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies

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Iroquois Confederacy

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Native American group that at first included five nations

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Alliance

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Unions

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Speculator

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Investors

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13 original colonies

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Colonies originally owned by Britain but later became the United States

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French and Indian War

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War between Britain and France for control of world trade and power on the seas

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Treaty of Paris

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What ended the French and Indian War

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Revenue

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Incoming money

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Resolution

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Formal expression of opinion

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Effigy

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Rag figures

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Writs of Assistance

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Allowance to enter any place to search for smuggled goods

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Boycott

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Refuse to buy

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Nonimportation

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Pledge not to buy from somewhere

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Repeal

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Cancel

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Propaganda

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Information designed to influence opinion

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Militia

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Group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies

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Minutemen

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Militia that boasted that they would be ready to fight at a minute’s notice

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Loyalist

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Loyal to Britain

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Committee of Coresponence

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Organization used to protest

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Patriots

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People that wanted to be free from Britain

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Petition

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Formal request

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Preamble

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Introduction

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Stamp Act

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Tax on all printed goods

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Sugar Act

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Lowered the tax on molasses

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Townshend Act

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Tax on imported goods

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Boston Massacre

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Killing that swayed many people to the Patriot side

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Continental Congress

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Political party that represented American interests

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Declaration of Independance

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Declaration of freedom for the American colonies

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George Washington

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Man who became general of the American army and later president

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Ben Franklin

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Man who supported independence

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King George

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King of Britain at the time of the American Revolution

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Boston Tea Party

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Reaction to Tea Act

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Lexington

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Place where one of the first battles of the American Revolution

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Concord

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Place where one of the first battles of the American Revolution

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Neutral

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Taking neither side

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Mercenary

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Hired soldiers

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Recruit

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Enlist

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Desert

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Leave without permission

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Inflation

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More money to buy goods

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Blockade

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Preventing supplies from entering ports

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Privateer

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Privately owned merchant ships that were armed with weapons

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Guerrilla Warfare

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Hit and run technique

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Ratify

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Approve

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Ambush

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Surprise attack

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Revolutionary War

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War for independence from Britain

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Marquis de Lafayette

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Frenchman who helped the Americans in the revolution

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Battle of Saratoga

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A great victory for the Americans

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Patrick Henry

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Man who was against the British

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John Adams

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Man who later became the second president of the U. S.

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Thomas Paine

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Wrote Common Sense

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Patriot Advantages in War

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Homeland, George Washington, and the makeup of the British army

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John Paul Jones

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Raided British ports

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Constitution

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Plan of government

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Bicameral

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Two house legislatures

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Republic

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Government in which citizens rule through elected representatives

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Petition

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Apply to

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Ordinance

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Law

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Depreciate

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Fall in value

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Depression

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A period in which economic activity slowed and unemployment increased

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Manumission

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Freeing of enslaved persons

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Proportional

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Corresponding in size

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Compromise

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Agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants

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Federalism

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Sharing power between the federal and state governments

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Executive Branch

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Branch headed by president

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Legislative Branch

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Lawmaking branch

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Judicial Branch

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Court System

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Ratify

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Approve

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Checks and Balances

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Limits to the Branches

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Amendment

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Something added to a document

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Francis Marion

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Known as Swamp Fox quick and smart

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Charles Cornwallis

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Commander of British forces in the South

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Yorktown

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Place where final battle of the American Revolution was

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Treaty of Paris

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Treaty that ended the American Revolution

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Articles of Confederation

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First plan of government used by the U.S.

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Northwest Ordinance

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Law that established a procedure for surveying and selling western lands

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Constitutional Convention

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Convention that determined what was in the U.S. constitution

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Philadelphia

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The place where the constitutional convention was held

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Bill of Rights

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Amendments to the Constitution

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Constitution

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Plan of government

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Precedent

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Tradition

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Cabinet

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Three department heads and the attorney general

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National Debt

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The amount a nation’s government owes

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Unconstitutional

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Not within the constitution

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Tariff

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A tax on imports

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Neutrality

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Not taking sides

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Impressment

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Taking ships and forcing the crews into the crews

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Alien

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Immigrants that are not citizens

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Sedition

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Activities aimed at weakening established government

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State’s rights

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What states are allowed to do

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Caucus

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Republican and Federalist meetings

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Whiskey Rebellion

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Rebellion due to the government taxing on whiskey

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John Jay

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First leader of the Supreme Court

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Alien and Sedition Act

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Laws used to protect the nation’s security

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Federalists

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Rule by wealthy class, strong federal government, emphasis on manufacturing, loose interpretation of the Constitution, British alliance, National Bank, and protective tariffs

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Democratic-Republicans

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Rule by people, strong state governments, emphasis on agriculture, strict interpretation of the Constitution, French alliance, State Banks, and free trade

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Secede

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Withdraw

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Embargo

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Prohibiting trade with a country

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Judicial Review

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Rules about the Constitution

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Thomas Jefferson

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Writer of Declaration of Independance

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Louisiana Purchase

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Purchase that doubled the U.S. in size

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

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Exploration of Louisiana Territory

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Sacajawea

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Woman that helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition

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Andrew Jackson

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Very good solider in the War of 1812

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War of 1812

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2nd war with Britain

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Battle of New Orleans

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Final battle in the War of 1812

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James Madison

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Writer of Constitution

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Dolly Madison

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Helped save many important items in the White House

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Industrial Revolution

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Changes in industry that helped historical development

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Factory System

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A system bringing manufacturing steps together in one place to increase efficiency

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Interchangeable

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Identical machine parts that could be quickly put together to make a complete product

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Eli Whitney

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Inventor of cotton gin and interchangeable parts

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Robert Fulton

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Made steamboat with a powerful engine

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Missouri Compromise

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Used to preserve balance between North and South

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Erie Canal

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Canal that was 363 miles

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National Road

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Road to the West that took many years

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James Monroe

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President that passed the Monroe Doctrine

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Monroe

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States that the U.S. would interfere with new colonies

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Majority

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More than half

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Landslide

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Overwhelming victory

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Indian Removal Act

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Passed to remove Indians from their territories

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Panic of 1837

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Depression when land values drop

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King Andrew

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Insult to Andrew Jackson

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Trail of Tears

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Horrible path Indians had to take

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Manifest Destiny

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Belief that Americans were there to settle all across North American

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Remember the Alamo

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Battle cry in war

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Battle of the Alamo

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Great battle in which many Americans died

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Oregon Trail

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A trail across the U.S.

208
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Mexican American War

A

War for Territories

209
Q

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

A

Treaty that ended the Mexican American War

210
Q

Seneca Falls Convention

A

Women asked for rights

211
Q

Abolitionists

A

People who freed slaves

212
Q

Harriet Tubman

A

Black Abolitionist

213
Q

Underground Railroad

A

Escape route for escaping slaves

214
Q

Sectionalism

A

Exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of the country

215
Q

Secession

A

Withdrawal from the Union

216
Q

Civil War

A

War inside one country

217
Q

Compromise of 1850

A

Made to compromise a “final settlement” of the conflict between the North and South.

218
Q

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

A

Book about how slaves were treated.

219
Q

Kansas-Nebraska Act

A

Compromise that allowed the people of Kansas and Nebraska to decide slavery

220
Q

Dred Scott Decision

A

Decision that Dred Scott was still a slave even though he was in free territory

221
Q

John Brown

A

Man who raided Harper’s Ferry

222
Q

Abraham Lincoln

A

President of the Union

223
Q

Confederacy States of America

A

Group of states that left the Union

224
Q

Ft. Sumter

A

U.S. fort on an island guarding Charleston Harbor

225
Q

Rebel

A

Name for Confederate soldiers

226
Q

Yankee

A

Name for Union soldier

227
Q

Ironclad

A

Ship covered with iron plates

228
Q

Border states

A

Divided Union and Confederacy and were with Union even though they supported slavery

229
Q

Blockade

A

Close

230
Q

Draft

A

Law that said men had to sign up for the army for 3 years

231
Q

Inflation

A

Increase in prices

232
Q

Emancipate

A

To free from slavery

233
Q

Assassination

A

The killing of a high figure in society

234
Q

Robert E. Lee

A

Confederate General

235
Q

Emancipation Proclamation

A

Act passes that slaves were now free

236
Q

Battle of Gettysburg

A

Battle where many soldiers died

237
Q

William Sherman

A

Union General

238
Q

Ulysses S. Grant

A

Union Commander

239
Q

Bull Run

A

First battle took place here

240
Q

Antietam

A

Battle took place here

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