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| Prejudice | Term that describes when a person has unfair thoughts or beliefs about a particular group of people. |
| Discrimination | Term that describes a person who acts in an unfair manner toward a particular group of people. |
| Affirmative Action | Govt. program designed to help women and minorities gain access to jobs in order to compensate for past discrimation. |
| Glass Ceiling | This term refers to the "invisible wall" that many women and minorities feel when it comes to climbing the corporate ladder. |
| Reverse Racism | Idea that special efforts made to make up for past racism are in fact discriminating against others. |
| Refugees | People who have fled their homes because of war or famine. |
| House of Burgesses | First Govt. in the Jamestown, Virginia-It was a form of representative democracy. |
| Mayflower Compact | Agreement signed by the Pilgrims that created a direct democracy for the Plymouth Colony. |
| Toleration Act | Law created religious freedom in Maryland in 1649 |
| Social Contract | Idea proposed John Locke that citizens create a govt. to provide them with security and if that contract is not fulfilled then they have a right to break it. |
| Albany Plan | Plan presented during the French and Indian War by Ben Franklin that proposed the unification of the colonies in order to win the war. |
| Proclamation of 1763 | British law that prohibited the colonists from crossing beyond the Appalachian Mountains. |
| Declaration of Independance | Passed in July 1776 and written by Thomas Jefferson- This document proclaimed the independence of the colonies and gave reasons for our proclamation. |
| Saratoga | Battle where the colonists defeated the British and convinced the French to join on the American side. |
| Valley Forge | Place where the colonial army nearly froze to death in the winter of 1777 because of lack of suppiles. |
