| A | B |
|---|
| Abolitionist | Movement to end slavery. |
| Amendment | To revise or change (the constitution). |
| Anaconda Plan | Union strategy of blockading Southern ports and controlling the Mississippi River. |
| Assimilate | Process by which people in one culture merge into and become part of another culture. |
| Barter | To trade goods or services without money. |
| Bicameral | Two houses or chambers. |
| Blockade | To isolate or close off a place from outside contact. |
| Boycott | Refusal to buy a certain product or use a service. |
| Cabinet | Leaders of the executive departments of the federal government. |
| Cash crop | Crop that is grown for sale. |
| Casualty | Person killed, wounded, or missing in battle. |
| Charter | The king grants powers for the governance of land settlement. |
| Civil War | A war between people of the same country. |
| Colony | An area of land settled by immigrants who continue to be ruled by their parent country. |
| Democracy | Form of government in which power is held by the majority of people within a country. |
| Desertion | The abandonment of one's post. |
| Gentry | The upper class of colonial America who had enough money to hire people to work for them. |
| Guerilla Warfare | 29. The use of hit-and-run tactics by small irregular forces. |
| Hierarchy | A way to organize things. |
| Household Economy | The entire family is based focused on being self-sufficient. |
| Impeach | to remove from office. |
| Indentured Servant | A laborer who is under contract for a determined time period. |
| Legislature | A representative body that creates laws. |
| Manifest Destiny | Belief that the U.S. was divinely ordained to spread across North America. |
| Mercantalism | Economic theory that a country should get and keep as much gold and silver as possible. |
| Mercenary | A soldier who is paid to fight for another country. |
| Middle Passage | Part of the triangle of trade in which African-Americans were forcibly taken from Africa to slavery in the Americas. |
| Militia | Armed citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency. |
| Minuteman | Colonial militiaman who was ready in a moment's notice. |
| Ratify | To approve something. |
| Republic | A government run by the people through their elected representatives. |
| Salutary Neglect | Great Britain’s policy of not interfering with its colonies as long as both were making money. |
| Secede | To withdraw formally from membership of a group or nation. |
| Sectionalism | The dividing of the country into two different sections. |
| Siege | Tactic in which an enemy is surrounded and starved into surrender. |
| Tariff | Tax on foreign goods imported into a country. |
| Unicameral | One house or chamber |
| Union | The uniting of the previously separate colonies. |
| Veto | The power to prevent something from becoming law. |
| War of Attrition | Military strategy of wearing down the enemy by continual losses in personnel and material. |
| Annex | To add, or to join. |
| Apprentice | A person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer. |
| Hessians | German mercenaries serving the British during the American Revolution. |
| Industrial Revolution | Ongoing effort to increase production by using machines powered by sources other than animals and humans. |
| Judicial Review | The power of the Supreme Court to say whether any federal, state, or local law goes against the Constitution. |
| Juvenile | A person under the age of 18. |
| Plaintiff | A person who brings a case against another in a court of law. |
| Precedent | An earlier event that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in future similar occurrences. |
| Sovereignty | The right to have control over an area of governance, people, or oneself. |
| Executive | Having the power to put plans, actions, or laws into effect. |
