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7th Grade Study Guide

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Vocabulary
Definition
Ambush   a suprise attack  
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Amendment   an addition to a formal document such as the constitution  
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Apprentice   assistant who is assigned to learn the trade of a skilled crasftsman  
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Autocracy   government in which one person has unlimited power  
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Bicameral   consisting of 2 houses, especially in legislature  
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Boycott   to refuse to buy stuff from a certain country  
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Budget Deficit   the amount by which gov. spending exceeds revenue  
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Burgesses   elected rep. to an assembly  
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Cabinet   a group of advisors to the pres.  
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Cash Crop   crop raised to be sold for money  
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Cede   to give up by treaty  
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Charter   a doc. that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area  
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Charter Colony   colony established by a group of people with a charter  
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Circumnavigation   to sail around the world  
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Columbian Exchange   exchange of stuff between the americas and europe  
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Committee of Correspondence   an organization that spreads political ideas through the colonies  
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Constitution   a formal plan of gov.  
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Cotton Gin   a machine that removes seeds from cotton fibers  
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Effigy   rag figure representing an unpopular figure  
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Electoral College   a group of voters selected by their state's voters to vote for the pres. and vice pres.  
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Executive Branch   the branch of gov., headed by the pres. that carries out the nations laws and polocies  
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Executive Order   a rule issued by a chief executive that has the force of law  
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Export   to sell goods abroad  
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Guerrilla Warfare   a hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war  
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Import   to buy goods from foreign markets  
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Indentured Servant   laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to anerica  
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Iroquois Confederation   a group of native americans in the eastern u.s. ( mohawk, seneca, cayuga, onondaga, oneida )  
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Joint-Stock Company   a company in which investors buy stock in the company in return for a share of its future profit  
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Judicial Branch   a branch of gov., consisting of the federal court system, that interprets the nations laws  
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Judicial Review   to determine if a law violates the constitution  
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Legislative Branch   a branch of gov., that makes the nation laws  
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Loyalists   american colonists who remained loyal to britian  
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Mayflower Compact   a doc. written in 1620, that provided law and order to the plymouth colony  
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Mercantilism   the theory that a nations power depended on its wealth  
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Militia   a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies  
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Minutemen   companies of civilian soldiers who boasted that they were ready to fight in a minutes notice  
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Patriots   american colonists who were determined to fight Britain until america had independance  
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Pilgrims   separatists who journeyed to the colonies during the 1600s for a religious purpose  
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Proprietary Colony   colony run by individuals to whom land was granted  
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Puritans   protestants who wanted to reform the anglican church  
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Royal Colony   colony run by a gov. and a council appointed by the king or queen  
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Separatists   protestants who wanted to leave the anglican church to found their own church  
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Smuggling   trading illegally with other countries  
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Tariff   a tax on imports/exports  
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Terrorism   the use of violence by groups against civilians to achieve a political goal  
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Triangular Trade   trade route between west indies, american colonies, and west africa  
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Veto   to reject a bill  
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Writ of Assistance   legal doc. that enabled officers to search homes for goods that might be smuggled  
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Yeoman   southern owner of a small farm who did not have enslaved people  
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