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| Iroquois Confederacy | A group of five native American tribes formed to keep peace between the tribes. |
| longhouse | A long wooden building in an Iroquois village that housed many families. |
| clan | A group of families who share the same ancestor. |
| Great Law of Peace | A document describing the government of the Iroquois Confederacy. |
| sachem | Council members chosen by the powerful women of the groups for the Grand council that ruled the Iroquois Confederacy. |
| import | To buy goods from another country. |
| export | To sell goods to another country. |
| patriot | Colonists who protested being ruled by the British. |
| Boston Massacre | A protest against British rule in which five American Patriots were killed. |
| Boston Tea Party | An American colonist protest where thousands of pounds of tea on a British ship were dumped in the Boston harbor. |
| Minutemen | Volunteer soldiers who fought against the British in the American Revolution, who had to be ready to fight at a minutes notice. |
| American Revolution | The war fought by the American colonists to end British rule. |
| Industrial Revolution | A time period around the 1800s when machines replaced hand tools, factories were opened, goods were produced faster and transportation increased. |
| invention | Something that is made or thought of for the first time. |
| telegraph | A machine that sends messages by wire over a long distance. |
| tenement | Poorly built, crowded apartment buildings. |
| sweatshop | A hot, dirty factory with unhealthy conditions where people worked long hours and made low wages. |
| megalopolis | A group of cities so close together that they are considered one huge community. |
| Boswash | The area of the northeast between Boston and Washington D. C. |
| terrorism | The use of fear and violence to gain political goals. |
