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SKR Social Studies1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Motive | Reason for doing something |
| Westward | To move towards the West |
| Expansion | To become larger |
| Belief | A statement/idea that someone accepts as true |
| Manifest Destiny | The belief that the United States was destined to settle all of North America |
| Treaty | A legally binding written agreement between countries |
| Resistance | Refusal to accept something/taking action to try to prevent something |
| Defend | To protect from harm or danger/to resist or fight back against an attack |
| Contextualization | Identifying the historical setting in which a document was created/an event happened |
| Articles of Confederation | The original "Constitution" that they got rid of |
| Constitutional Convention | The meetings held in 1787 to address the problem in the Articles of Confederation/the weak central government |
| Constitution | Document of the basic laws of the land, and the rights of its citizens |
| Motive | Reason for doing something |
| Westward | To move towards the West |
| Expansion | To become larger |
| Belief | A statement/idea that someone accepts as true |
| Manifest Destiny | The belief that the United States was destined to settle all of North America |
| Treaty | A legally binding written agreement between countries |
| Resistance | Refusal to accept something/taking action to try to prevent something |
| Defend | To protect from harm or danger/to resist or fight back against an attack |
| Contextualization | Identifying the historical setting in which a document was created/an event happened |
| Articles of Confederation | The original "Constitution" that they got rid of |
| Constitutional Convention | The meetings held in 1787 to address the problem in the Articles of Confederation/the weak central government |
| Constitution | Document of the basic laws of the land, and the rights of its citizens |