unit one vc Flashcards
Boston massacre
On March 5, 1770, seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonian, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony.
Boston tea party
an event that took places in 1773 when people protested by throwing tea in the harbor.
colonies
regions controlled by diffrent countries
colonists
people that move to a diffrent country and or still controlled by there last one.
commander in chief
the person in charge of the american army.
debt
money owed to someone
declaration of independents
states the principles on which our government, and our identity as Americans, are based.
foreign policy
is how a country uses different strategies to guide its relationships with other countries and international organizations.
Indian wars
between American Indians and European settlers, mainly over land control.
Indians
Christopher Columbus repeatedly expressed the mistaken belief that he had reached the shores of South Asia.
loyalists
colonists that are loyal to there country and stay there .
native Americans
people who lived in north american before the European got there.
new world
the name the European gave to north american.