chapter 6 Flashcards
Oldest European city in the US
St. Augustine, Florida
oral history
Spoken history
tax
The money that citizen pay to the government for goods and services.
Louisiana Purchase
Land purchased by Thomas Jefferson from the French that made the US twice as large as it had been.
constitution
A written set of laws that describe how a government will work.
Emancipation Proclamation
A speech that Abraham Lincoln gave because he wanted to free slaves.
explorers
A person who goes to find out about a place.
territory
Land that belongs to government but is not a state or colony.
civil war
A war in which the citizens of a country fight each other.
immigrant
A person that comes to live in a country from somewhere else in the world.
shelter
What people build for themselves or others to protect them from the weather.
revolutionary
A fight for a change in government.
Sacagawea
A Native American woman who help Lewis and Clark explore the Louisiana Purchase.
