| A | B |
|---|
| indentured servant | people who came to America and signed a contract to work for 4 to 7 years |
| precedent | a decision that serves as an example |
| constitution | a written plan of government |
| loyalist | a person that was loyal to the king |
| patriot | a person who supported US independence |
| plantation | a large farm |
| legislative branch | is made of the House of Representatives and the Senate |
| executive branch | is made of the President |
| northwest passage | a water path from the Atlantic to the Pactific |
| judicial branch | is made of the Supreme Court |
| sectionalism | when certain parts of the country were concerned with only their own problems |
| Mayflower Compact | a legal contract the Pilgrims agreed to have fair laws |
| middle passage | name given to the trip slaves took to America |
| ratification | the step needed to approve the Constitution |
| charter | a legal document that gave people permission to colonize parts of America |
| Trail of tears | the forced march of the Cherokee tribe |
| transportation revolution | a period of rapid growth in the speed and ease of transportation by building new roads and through new inventions |
| tenements | poorly designed apartment buildings that housed large numbers of immigrants |
| rapid development of factory production in the 1700s | industrial revolution |
| French and Indian War | a war between US and Great Britain and their Native American allies (supporters) |
| popular sovereignty | the idea that states should vote and decide if they want slavery in their state |
| Jamestown | the first successful English settlement in the Americas |
