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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Appoint | To pick or choose |
| Foreign policy | Government rules for other countries |
| Domestic policy | Government rules for inside the country |
| Treaty | An agreement between countries |
| Veto | When the president says "no" to a bill |
| Confirm | To approve |
| Impeach | When the president is charged with a crime |
| Override (a President's veto) | Congress makes a bill into a law anyway |
| Unconstitutional | Against the constitution |
| Commander in Chief or the Armed Forces | Leader of the military |
| Proposal a bill | Suggestion for a law |
| Grant money | When the government gives money |
| Budget | A plan to spend money |
| Legislative branch | Congress |
| Executive branch | President |
| Judicial branch | Supreme court |
| Albany Plan of Union | Ben Franklin's plan to unite the thirteen colonies |
| French and Indian War | France and Britain go to war in North America-Britain wins |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Britain law that said colonists could not settle west beyond the Appalachian mountains |
| Excise taxes (sugar, stamps, tea, Townshend Acts) | Britain's attempt to raise money from the colonists |
| Sons of Liberty | An organization that organized protests against the British |
| Boston Massacre | Five colonists were killed by soldiers |
| Propaganda | Information designed to influence their thinking |
| Boston Tea Party | Protest against the Tea Act-tea dumped into Harbor |
| Intolerable Acts | Punishment for the Boston Tea Party |
| Continental Congress | Meeting of representatives from the thirteen colonies to discuss response to British |
| Olive Branch Petition | Attempt to keep peace with Britain |
| Common sense | Book written by Thomas Paine that said it made sense for the colonies to be independent |
| Similar | When two or more things have a feature/characteristic in common |
| Different | When two or more things differ to have a feature/characteristic in common |
| Cause and effect | What had caused something and had led to a significant occurrence |
| Historical context | Events that have taken place before-hand to make something what it is today, or what it is remembered for |
| Osama Bin Laden | The leader of Al Qaeda-the terrorist group that invaded New York City on 9/11/2001 |
| Al Qaeda | A terrorist group from Afghanistan that invaded New York City in 2001 that caused 9/11 |
| Terrorist group | A terrible group that invades another land for whatever reason to do something bad |
| Primary source | An original piece of artwork, a diary, etc. of a source |
| Secondary source | An unoriginal piece of artwork, a diary, etc. of a source |
| Absolute location | The location of exactly of where somebody's presence is in |
| Relative location | Not the exact location of where somebody's presence is in |
| Place | A specific point on earth distinguished by particular physical and human characteristics |
| Region | An area defined by common features-physical, cultural, political, or economic |
| Human interaction | How a person interacts-affects a piece of land, or another person |
| Movement | To perform the travel of moving from one place to another place |
| Political | Related to government, power, laws, or public affairs |
| Economic | Pertaining to the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services |
| Geographical | Related to geography-the study of earth's physical features |
| Social | Involving society and human relationships |
| Land bridge | A strip of land connecting two larger landmasses |
| Beringia | The most famous/well-known land bridge that has ever existed |
| Hunter-gatherer | Someone that survives off of hunting animals and gathering plants |
| Nomad | A wayfarer-someone that travels from place-to-place to follow a source of food, better environment, etc. |
| Popular sovereignty | To vote-that the people have a say in the government |
| Separation of powers | A republic-to elect their own rulers |
| Checks and balances | There are three separate branches; Legislative = Executive = Judicial |
| Federalism | Separates state and federal powers |
| Flexibility | The constitution can change over time |
| Limited government | The government has to follow the rules |
| Pocahontas | |
| Joint stock company | |
| Jamestown | |
| Tobacco | |
| Headright | |
| House of Burgesses | |
| Plymouth Rock | |
| Mayflower | |
| Mayflower Compact | |
| William Bradford | |
| Thanksgiving | |
| John Winthrop | |
| Religious persecution | |
| New Netherlands | |
| Peter Stuyvesant | |
| Duke of York | |
| New York-diverse population | |
| William Penn | |
| Pacifists | |
| Quakers | |
| Delaware | |
| Lord Baltimore | |
| Catholics-Maryland | |
| Mason-Dixon Line |
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