Chapter 10 Flashcards
Slighting?
Hurtful
Emigration?
The leaving one home country for a new land or country
Republican
Someone who does not accept that countries should have monarchs
Inducement?
Good reason
Execrable messes
Bad meals in a mess or eating in a community eating area
Babel
A reference to the biblical Tower of Babel built by a builder who spoke many different languages
Uncouth dialect
Improper speech
Vociferation
Yelling
Melancholy
Deep sadness
Dexterously
Skilfully
Graduitous
Unesicary
Untenable tenement
A house that is unfit for living
New england ears?
The settlers of the 13 colonies
United empire loyalist
One who is faithful or loyal to Briton
Upper Canada?
From the st Lawrence River up
Lower canada?
From the st.awerence down. Part of down a days Québec.
Captain of militia
Military officers
Land speculator
One who buys and sells land with the expectation of profit.
Land claim
A legal claim to one original territory
Biological weapon?
A weapon that attacks humans by making them ill
To tar and feather
To smear with hot tar and roll in feathers
To repeal
To take back
Patriot
A supporter of the American revolution
Sons of liberty
Bullies who intimidated those who supported the kings during the revolution
Anglican Church
Church of England in Canada
To veto
To stop
Cargo
Goods brought in by ship
Steerage
The section of a passenger ship with the worst accommodation
Cholera
An infection disease. That gives really bad stomach cramps
Passage?
Money of the voyage
To annex
To take oneself
Highland clearances
Scottish farmers that forced their tent ate to leaves their farms so they could farm sheep
Barn raising
The building of a barn by a community
Rear-guard
Soldiers placed to protect the rear of the fighting force
