| Term | Definition |
|---|
| pilgrims | a gorup of enlgish settlers who sought religous freedom in the americs |
| puritians | a group of english protestants who settled in Mass. |
| Articals of Confederation | was the first constitution and it was created to weaken the federal government |
| Constitutional Convention | was a meeting of delegates from the 12 states that made up the constitution to make a strong federal government |
| preamble | an opening statement to the constitution "we the people of the untited states" |
| compromises | when each side gives up some of its demands |
| 3/5 compromise | when the south wanted slaves to have slaves equal 1 person so they could have more reps. but the north didnt want that because then the south would become more powerful....so they had slaves equal 3/5 of a person |
| French and indian war | was a conlfict between the french and the british in North America from 1754 - 1763 |
| results of the french and indian war | British gains all land esat of the mississippi river - spain controlled all land west |
| American revolution | A war that established our freedom |
| first battle of the american revolution | Battle of Lexington and Concord was the_______ |
| turning point of the american revolution | The Battle of saratoga was the _________ |
| final battle of the american revolution | York Town was the __________ |
| impressment | ______of a soldier was one cause of the War of 1812 |
| interference | _______with american shipping was one cause of the War of 1812 |
| Military | British ______aid to native americans was one cause of the War of 1812 |
| end result of the war of 1812 | things return to the way they were before the war |
| Mexican-American War | 1848 US gains control of the rest of the southwest |
| states rights | Was the major cause of the civil war |
| Battle of Bull Run | the 1st battle of the Civil War |
| Battle of Gettysburg | Turning point of the Civil War |
| Robert E. Lee | who surrendered to Grant at the Appomattox courthouse |
| Abraham Lincoln was elected president | Immediate cause of the civil war |
| save the union | What was lincolns goal? |
| Archerology | study of evidence left by early people |
| Land Bridge | a strip of land connecting Alaska w/ Russia that emeged from underwateraround 38,000B.C |
| Aztecs,Mayas,Incas | Native American groups in central south America taken over by spanish explores |
| Iroquios | Eastern Woodlands, North America longhouses |
| men hunted | why were iroquois women so powerful |
| Races other than white | Immagration; Slaves |
| Native Americans and other races | Driven off their land throughout the 19th century as Americans moved west |
| womens rights | Declaration of Sentiments said men and women were created equal |
| Columbian Trade | Exchange of goods(food plants animals) people, slavery, and disease(small pox) between eruope and america |
| Triangular trade | Colonial Trade route between New England, West Indies, and Africa |
| Sectionalism | loyalty to a section of a country |
| Colonization | To settle or establish colonies |
| Mercantilism | The colonies exists for the benefit of the mother country |
| Jamestown | 1st permanat Enlgish settlement in the new world,1619 |
| Reasons for coming to the United States | religous,political freedom,opportunity |
| Underground Railroad | Road assisting Slave to freedom in the North |
| Louisiana Purchase | The purchase of land that doubled the size of the US. |
| $15,000,000 | how much was the louisiana purchase |
| Thomas Jefferson | Who bought the louisana purchase |
| Lewis and Clark | was sent on an expedition to explore the louisana purchase and was sent by thomas Jefferson |
| Monroe Doctine | President James Monroe statement forbidding further colonization in the Americas and declaring that any attempt by a forign country to colonize would be considered an act of hosity |
| Manifest Destiny | a belief shared by many Americans in the mid1800s that the US.should expand acrosse the continent to the pacific ocean |
| Erie Canal | a canal that runs from Albany to Buffalo NY, in 1825 and was built for cheaper,faster transportation |
| Transcontinental Railroad | Railroad stretches coast to coast |
| Sectionalism | a devotion to the interests of one geographic region over the interest of the country as a whole |
| Physical Features of America | Major Rivers (Missouri, Mississippi) ocean and Mountains(Rockies and Apps.) |
| albanys plan of union | franklins plan for grand council to make lwas, raise taxes, defend colonies(1754) |
| free_enterprise | an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices |
| Popular sovereignty | people vote on issues |
| abolitionists | people against slavery |
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