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| pioneer | someone who ventures into an unknown or unclaimed territory |
| frontier | a region just beyond or at the edge of a settled territory |
| Daniel Boone | a great frontiersman who cut the trail through Kentucky |
| Louisiana Purchase | a large parcel of land purchased by President Jefferson and explored by Lewis and Clark |
| Merriwether Lewis | President Jefferson's private secretary who led an expedition to the Louisiana Territory |
| Sacajawea | a young Shoshoni woman who acted as an interpreter for Lewis and Clark |
| Tecumseh | the chief of the Shawnee. He believed Native Americans could turn the settlers back. |
| War of 1812 | between the british and the Americans caused by British interference with U.S. ships |
| Dolley Madison | wife of President James Madison who saved many valuable items from the White House before it was burned by the British |
| Frances Scott Key | An American who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner. He was inspired to write this when he observed the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British |
| symbol | something that stands for something else |
| expedition | a journey taken by a group for a definite purpose |
| corps | an organized group of people |
| impressment | to force people into military service |
| virtues | values |
| Uncle Sam | a symbol for the U.S. that started as a joke during the War of 1812 |
| Fort McHenry | protected the port of Baltimore |
| Cumberland Gap | a space between the Appalachian Mountains |
| Wilderness Trail | cut by Daniel Boone,this opened the west for thousands of settlers |
| Napolean | Emperor of France who sold us the Louisiana Territory |
