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Laubusch WI Chap 5-1
Wisconsin Chapter 5-1 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The group in England that makes laws. | Parliament |
| A plan for how parts of the Territory could become states. | Northwest Ordinance |
| Happens when people fight to replace one government with a different government. | Revolution |
| A settlement that is ruled by a country far away. | Colony |
| Led the American army against the British. | George Washington |
| Freedom from another country's control or rule. | Independence |
| Rock that has minerals in it. | Ore |
| Owner of the American Fur Company. | John Jacob Aster |
| Chosen to write a paper called the Declaration of Independence. | Thomas Jefferson |
| Buildings with very hot ovens that melted ore into pure lead. | Smelters |
| To give up to the other side. | Surrender |
| The center of the Wisconsin mining region. | Mineral Point |
| Land area that included the lands that owuld become the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, and part of Minnesota. | Northwest Territory |
| Document said the colonies would no longer be rules by the British. | Declaration of Independence |
| Two men who gave mining a great boost by opening mines and building smelters. | Moses Meeker and James Johnson |
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