| A | B |
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| indentured servant | a colonist that received free passage to North America |
| precedent | an action or decision that later serves as an example |
| constitution | a set of basic principles that determines the powers and duties of a government |
| patriot | American colonists who fought for independence from great Britain during the revolutionary |
| loyalist | colonists who sided with Britain in the American revolution |
| plantation | a large farm that usually specialized in growing one land of crops for profit |
| legislative branch | the divison of the government that proposes bills and passes them into laws |
| executive branch | the divison of federal government that includes the president and the administrative departments enforces the nations laws. |
| northwest passage | a nonexistent path through North America |
| judicial branch | the division of the government that is made of national courts |
| middle passage | a voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean |
| ratification | an official approval |
| mayflower compact | a document written by the pilgrims establishing themselves as a political society and setting guidelines for self government |
| sectionalism | certain parts of the country are concerned with only their problems |
| charter | legal document that gave people the right to settle the Americas |
| yeoman farmers | most Southern white men |
| abolition | complete end to slavery |
| Battle of New Orleans | a battle that should never have taken place (peace treaty was already signed) |
| Nativists | Americans who oppose immigration |
| Missouri Compromise | added Missouri as a slave state/Maine as a free state |
| The Great Awakening | religious revival in British Colonies |
| The Sugar Act and Stamp Act | examples of how the British tried to raise money |
| French and Indian War | a war between the British and French/Indians |
| Jamestown | 1st colony in the U.S. (in Virginia) |
| seceded | to formally withdraw from the Union |
| transportation revolution | rapid growth in the speed and convenience of transportation (building new roads, canals, and rapidly developing our economy) |
| Embargo of 1807 | law that prohibited American merchants from trading with other countries |
| tenements | poorly built, overcrowded housing where many immigrants lived |
| Appomattox Court House | location where General Lee was forced to surrender ending the Civil War |
| Industrial revolution | change from man power to machine power, mass production, interchangable parts, factories built instead of farms |
| Popular sovereignty | idea that political authority belongs to the people |
| Trail of Tears | 800 mile march of Cherokees from their home in Georgia to Oklahoma (Indian Territory) Cherokee sued the government and won the right to stay in Georgia |
