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| declaration of independence | the documet adopted on July 4, 1776, by the second continental congress, written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, it explained the reasons that the American Colonies revolted against Britian |
| militia | volunteer troops used as a supplement to the armed forces, known as National guard |
| guerilla warfare | an irregular war carried by independent soldiers |
| low country | coastal region |
| upcountry | Blue Ridge Mountains and Piedmont |
| civil war | a war fought between the North and the South over slavery |
| stalemate | deadlocked situation, considered no one wins or loses |
| constitution | the written frame of government of the US, was ratified by 2/3's of the states in 1788 and went into effect. |
| US constitution | a legal document written to say how the US government should be ran |
| articles of confederation | an agreement by the thirteen original states to establish a federal government in 1781 |
| ratify | when somthing was officially adopted |
| amend | to correct or improve |
| federalist | supporters of the policies of Washington and Hamilton |
| anti-federalist | debates over ratification of the constitution, those who opposed the new constitution because the new government was too powerful |
| tariff | a list or system of taxes placed by a government upon exports, or esp., imports |
| judicial review | the power of the Supreme Court to decide whether a law passed by Congress was constitutional |
| nullification | the theory of government that a state has the power to reject a national law with which it disagrees |
| states rights | political rights and powers the states have in regard to the federal government |
| cotton gin | a machine that seperates the seeds from raw cotton fibers, invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney |
| stamp act | an act passed by the British Parliment in 1756 that raised revenue from the American Colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all paper documents |
| sons of liberty | was a secret organization of American patriots which originated in the pre-independence British North American Colonies |
| patriots | a political fraction in the Dutch Republic in the second 1/2 of the eighteenth century |
| loyalist | person who is loyal to their allegiance |
| battle of camden | a major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the American Revoltionary war |
| battle of cowpens | American Revolution, Americans under Daniel Morgan, defeated the British |
| battle of kings mountain | October 7, 1890, decisive Patriot victory in the Southern compaign of American Revolutionary War |
| three-fifths compromise | a compromise between Southern and Northern states reached during the Philadelphia Convention of 1788 in which 3/5 of the population of slaves would be counted for enumeration purpose regarding both the distruption of taxes and the opportionment of the member of the USA House of Repersenatives |
| king cotton | cotton was called this in the south during the era of slavery, it was called this because cotton was big |
