| A | B |
|---|
| Seminoles | Native Americans in Florida that joined forces with escaped slaves to attack American settlements |
| Andrew Jackson | Hero of Battle of New Orleans sent by the U.S. government to recapture escaped slaves in Florida |
| Adams-Onis Treaty | Spain ceded Florida to the U.S. |
| ceded | to give over to |
| Miguel Hidalgo | Catholic priest who organized an army of Native Americans and freed several Mexican provinces |
| province | governmental division of a country, similar to a state |
| 1821 | Spain agrees to Mexico's independence |
| 1822 | Brazil gains independence from Portugal |
| 1823 | Mexico overthrows its monarchy and establishes a new government based on the U.S. Constitution |
| Simon Bolivar | called the "liberator' for his role in leading independence movement in South America |
| James Monroe | Fifth President of the United States |
| John Quincy Adams | James Monroe's Secretary of State |
| Monroe Doctrine | Presidential statement to Congress that said the U.S. would not allow European nations to create American colonies or interfere with free nations of Latin America |
| self-government | the right of people to rule themselves independently |
| The Act of Union | Merged upper and lower Canada into a single unit in 1841 and was governed by a Canadian legislature |
