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Gr 6 Hist Ch 1-8EXAM
Gr 6 History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. couldn't collect taxes 2. no power to settle arguments | the two main weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation |
| James Madison | man given credit for doing the most work at the Constitutional Convention |
| 1. Senate 2. House of Representatives | the two houses of Congress |
| Betsy Ross | the lady who is said to have stitched the first United States flag |
| farewell address | the speech in which Washington thanked the American people and urged then to be responsible citizens in this speech when he finished his term as President |
| Ole' Deluder Satan Act | the act that passed in 1647 establishing the first public schools in America |
| Yosemite Falls | the highest waterfall in North America |
| Appalachian Mountains | the most prominent landform in eastern North America |
| Mt. Logan | Canada's highest peak |
| St. Lawrence Seaway | the world's largest inland seaway |
| Lake Superior | world's largest freshwater lake |
| Mississippi River | the largest river in the United States |
| Crater Lake | the deepest lake in the United States |
| Executive | branch of government which enforces the laws |
| Judicial | branch of government which interprets the laws |
| Legislative | branch of government which makes the laws |
| Nathan Hale | American patriot who said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." |
| Constitution of the United States of America | the document that is the plan for government that the United States still follows today |
| Patrick Henry | Virginian who said, "Give me liberty or give me death." |
| George Washington | Virginian who had a reputation for being both brave and wise |
| Mayflower Compact | the first written agreement of self-government in America |
| John Hancock | the first man to sign the Declaration of Indpendence |
| John Paul Jones | the American patriot who said, "I have not yet begun to fight." |
| patriots | name give to the people who wanted America to be free from Britain's rule |
| John Cabot | the first modern explorer to reach the mainland of North America |
| Paul Revere | the Massachusetts patriot who rode from Boston to warn the colonists at Lexington that the British were coming |
| Yorktown | Washington's victory here led to the surrender of Cornwallis and the entire British army |
| Valley Forge | Washington and his men spent a harsh winter here battling hunger and cold temperatures |
| Treaty of Paris | agreement signed by England giving the colonies their freedom |
| Christopher Columbus | the first modern explorer to discover the New World |
| Sacagawea | famous Shoshone guide who led Lewis and Clark on their expedition |
| Separatists | the people who wanted to separate from the Church of England |
| Wampanoag | the native tribe who were invited to the first Thanksgiving |
| bison | the most important animal to the plains natives |
| Shawnee | tribe's name which means, "southerner" |
| Quakers | religious group whose actual name was the Society of Friends |
| Navajo | the natives famous for their weaving of rugs |
| Hopewell | the natives known for their burial mounds |
| Iroquois | the natives who lived in longhouses |
| Delaware | the native tribe which kept a pictorial chronicles of the history and traditions of North America |
| Moravians | Count von Zinzendorf was the leader of this group active in missionary work |
| Cherokee | largest tribe in the United States today |
| Mohawk | Joseph Brant translated portions of Scripture into this language |
| France and England | the two countries who both claimed the land in Canada for their own |
| tundra | the treeless Arctic plains north of the timberline |
| Incas | most famous natives of South America |
| history | the record of what has happened to mankind |
| culture | the "way of life" of a group of people |
| beaver | the animal which has shaped the landscape of North America more than any other animal |
| Aztecs | most famous natives of Mexico |
| Northwest Passage | the water route that supposedly flowed through North America to Asia |
| Ottawa | the capital of Canada |
| Sequoya | invented the written language of the Cherokee nation |
| Everglades | a marshy area of tall grasses and swamps in southern Florida |
| Sioux | name given to the Dakota natives meaning "snakes in the grass" |
| Sitting Bull | Sioux medicine man and chief; won the Battle of Little Bighorn |
| bighorn | wild sheep of North America |
| Rocky Mountains | the mountain range which is the "backbone of North America" |
| Roanoke | the "Lost Colony" founded by Sir Walter Raleigh |
| Jamestown | the first permanent English settlement in the New World |
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