| A | B |
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| Historical Thinking | A way of approaching events in history |
| Primary Source | The most reliable source of information. You actually witnessed an event or wrote about an event as it happened. |
| Secondary Source | A less reliable source of information. You did not directly witness the event or wrote about it after it happened. |
| French and Indian War | A war between the English on one side and the French and Indians on the other; a cause of the Revolutionary war |
| Boston Massacre | A series of mistakes leading to Americans being shot by English soldiers |
| Boston Tea Party | Americans protesting English taxes by dumping tea into the ocean |
| Paul Revere | American that rode his horse to warn of the invading English |
| Revolutionary war | A war fought mainly over unfair taxes. English vs. Americans. |
| Articles of Confederation | The first constitution of the United States |
| Constitution | The second constitution of the United States |
| Amendment | A change to the constitution |
| Bill of Rights | The first ten amendments to the Constitution |
| Lewis and Clark | Leaders of an expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase |
| Trail of Tears | Name given to when America kicked out Indians from their land and forced them to move west in the winter |
| War of 1812 | The second war between the English and the Americans, started because the English were kidnapping Americans and encouraging Indians to attack Americans. |
| Sectionalism | When people of one area in a country discriminate against people in another area of a country. A cause of the Civil War. |
| Bill | Law |
| Abolish | To end |
| Abolitionist | Someone that wants to end slavery |
| Technology | Anything made by a human being |
| Economy | How a country makes money. |
| Culture | The different ways human beings have of practicing their religion, creating and wearing clothes, speaking language, etc. |
| Compromise | When two or more sides have a disagreement, and then all sides come to an agreement by agreeing to give up something that they want. |
| Manifest Destiny | The idea that America was to expand across all of North America |
