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History Midterm
History Term and Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What is a primary source? | A first hand account |
| What is a Culture | People's way of life And a specific belief |
| indentured servant | An immigrant who's trip is paid |
| What is a charter | A formal Document issued by the king |
| What is a Democratic? | It is ruled by the people. So all of the power is within the people. |
| What is an Economy | A way the the economy organizes products |
| What is the Great Awakening? | The revival of a religious feeling and belief in the American Colonies that began in the 1730's |
| What is the slave trade? | The business of capturing and selling people as slaves |
| Cash crop | A crop sold for profit. |
| Spanish Borderlands | Spanish territory in the United States |
| Missionaries | A soldier that travels to a territory |
| Militia | A small army made up of ordinary citizens |
| Parliament | The lawmaking body of England |
| Boycott | To peacefully protest about a law |
| Repeal | To take back a law |
| The Northwest Passage | A passage through the Northwest |
| Patriot | Against the British |
| Loyalist | with(Loyal) to the British |
| Treaty | An agreement |
| The Continental Army | The American Army during the American Revolution |
| Blockade | To block off an area to prevent people from coming in or out |
| The Ohio Valley | The site of the battle against the British and the French |
| George Washington | The 1st president of the U.S. |
| John Adams | 2nd President. Made bad decisions |
| Thomas Jefferson | Wrote part of the Declaration of Independence |
| James Madison | 4th President |
| James Monroe | Created the Monroe Doctrine |
| Andrew Jackson | Created the Jacksonian Democracy |
| Congress | The people who make laws |
| Republic | A form of government in which citizens can vote on their choosing of their leader |
| Bicameral | Two-House |
| Senate | A House with an equal amount of Representatives |
| What is the house of Representatives | When each state gets the same amount of representatives per state |
| Electoral Collage | A group that was established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. And voters from each state choose their electors |
| Northern Ordinance | How the western land would be governed |
| ratification | Approving on an agreement |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | An agreement that an enslaved person of voting is three-fifths of a person. |
| What is the Articles of Confederation | The first written plan of the government |
| What is an arsenal? | A weapon warehouse |
| What is the Constitutional Convention | A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787. Wrote the Constitution |
| Neutrality | not to be a republican or a Federalist |
| isolationism | To avoid military agreement |
| Louisiana Purchase | Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana territory |
| Treaty of Paris | 1783. The U.S signed the treaty of Paris |
| What is the treaty of Ghent | To stop the war against the British and the Americans |
| What is a war hawk | People who likes wars |
| July 4, 1776 | The declaration was signed. |
| 1812 | War of 1812 |
| Trail of Tears | The removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian territory in 1838 and 1839 |
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