Vocab Flashcards
Militarism
Countries building up their armed forces to prepare for war
Nationalism
The belief that a specific nation, language, or culture is superior to all others
Alliances
Countries joining each others army or supporting each other
Stamp act
Colonist had to pay for an official stamp or seal when they got paper items
Townshed act
Colonist refused to buy anything
Boston tea party
Dumped tea out of ships
Intolerable acts
Parliament punished Massachusetts
Charter
Document that gives the holder the right to organize settlement in an area
3 types of colonies:
Charter, proprietary, royal
Charter gov.
Governs themselves
Proprietary gov.
Ruled by proprietors
Royal gov.
Directly governed by Great Britain
What does manifest destiny mean
Go west, young man
•it is Americas right to expand westward across America
What groups of people were moving west
- native Americans(forced)
- settlers(hunters)
- farmers(farming)
Federalist
People who supported the constitution