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Ambush - a surprise attack. Abstain- to not take part in activity such as voting . Arsenal- a storage place for weapons and ammunitions . B’s . Boycott- Refuse to buy items from a particular country - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Abstain- to not take part in activity such
as voting
Arsenal- a storage place for weapons and ammunitions
Ambush- a surprise attack
B’s • Boycott- Refuse to buy items from a particular
country• Backcountry- region of hills and forest west to
the tide water • Burgesses- elected representa Backcountry-
region of hills and forest west to the tide water tives to an assembly
C’s
• Cleveland Grover- elected president twice 22, 24
• Clinton , William J- elected 42 president
• Carter , James E- elected 39 president
D’s
• Desert- to leave w/o permission
• Draft- selection of a person required military services
• Depreciate- to fall in value
E’s
• Export- to sell goods abroad
• Emigrant- person who leaves a country region to leave else were
• Effigy- rag figure representing an unpopular individual
F’s
• Fort Sumter- united states fort on a island
• Franklin Roosevelt- elected 32th president
• Franklin Peirce- elected 14th president
G’s
• George Washington- 1st president and leader of British army
• George Bush- 43th president
• Global Warming- Increase of temperature
H’s
• Herbert Hoover- 31st president
• Hayes Rutherford- 19th president
• Harrison Benjamin- 23rd president
I’s
• Import- To buy goods from foreign market
• Inflation- a continuous rise in the price of goods and services
• Ironclad- armored naval ressel
J’s
• Joint Occupation- the possession and setting of an area shared by 2 or more countries
Judicial branch- the branch of government including the federal court system that interprets the nations laws
• Judicial review- the right of the supreme court to determine if a law violates the constitution
L’s
• Landslide- an overwhelming victory
• Loyalist- American colonist who remain loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence
• Literacy- the ability to read and write.
M’s
• Maize- an early form of corn grown by native Americans.
• Majority- more than half
• Militia- a group of Indians trained to fight in emergencies
N’s
• Nullify- to cancel or make ineffective
• Neutral- taking no side or conflict
• Naturalization- to grant full citizenship has foreigner
O’s• Offensive- position of
attacking or attack itself
• Ordinance- a law or regulation
• Override- overturn or default as a ball proposed in congress
P’s • Part same- favoring one side
if an issue
• Plurality- largest single shore
• Precedent- D tradition
Q’s
• Quakers- protestant group of dissenters
• Quedruple- allience for help in its fight against revolution force in south America
• Quebec act- the act set up a permanent government
R’s
Recruit- to enlist soldiers in the army
Revenue- incoming money
Repeal- to cancel an act or law
S’s
• Secede- to leave or withdraw
• Sedition- activities armed at weakening establish government
• Smuggling- trading illegally with other nations
T’s
• Tariff- to tax imports or exports
• Tajano- a Mexican who claims Texas as his home
• Total war- war on all aspects of the enemy life
U’s• Unalienable right- a right that
can not be surrendered
• Unconstitutional- agreeing or consistent with the constitution
• Utopin- community based on a vision of a perfect society sought by reformeres
V’s• Vaquero- Hispanic ranch hand
• Veto- to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law
• Vigilantes- people who the law into their own hands
W’s • War hawks- republicans during
Madison or war presidency who passed for war with Britain
• Woa- legal documents that enabled officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled
Y’s• Yankee- union soldiers
• Yellow journalism- a type of sensational biased , and often false reporting
• Yeoman- southern owner of a small farm who did not have enslaved people
Z’s• Zenger, Peter – faced charges
of libel of printing a critical report about royal government
• Zuni- people from the south west preticipated in the sophisticated trade network extended out the south west and in Mexico
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