TYLER SHELTONABC BOOK

AAbolitionistPerson who wanted to end slavery

AmbushSurprise attack

Alliance Close association between nations formed to advance common goals

AlienImmigrant living in a country in which he or she isn’t a citizen

b

BackcountryRegion of hills & forest west of tide water

Blockade-runnerShip that sails into & out of blockaded areas

BurgessesElected representatives to an assembly

BoomtownA community experiencing sudden growth in business and population

CCabinet

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CanalArtificial

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Cash cropFarm crop raised to be sold

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Desert To leave without permission

DraftThe selection of persons for required military services

DepreciateFall in value

DebtorPerson or country that owes money

eEmancipateFree from slavery Embargo

Order prohibiting trade with another country

Emigrant A person who leavesa country or region to live elsewhere

ExportSell goods abhroad

fFamine extreme shortage of food

Frigatewarship

Fugitive Runaway or trying to runaway

FreedmanA person freed from slavery

gGuerilla warfareHit and run technique

Guerilla tactics Referring to a surprise attack

GreenbackPiece of money first in the north during the civil war

Global warming increase of average world temperature

hHuman rights Rights reguarded as belonging to all persons

Horizontal integrationA combing of competting firms into one

Henry, PatrickMember in the house of burgesses

House of burgessesTwo representatives from tens towns met in a church

IImportBuy goods from foreign markets

ImpressmentsForcing people into service

InflationContinues rise in prices of goods and services

IroncladArmed naval vessel

jJoint occupationThe possession and settling of an area shared between to countries

Jackson, Andrew7 president

Judicial branchThe branch of government including the federal court

Judicial reviewThe right of the supreme court to be determine if a law is uncostitutional

kKnox Henry1st secretary of war

Kansas Nebraska act 1 free state for every free state

Kansas bleeding Mini civil war Key Francis Scott

Author of star spangled banner

lLandslideOverwhelming victory

Lee, Robert e.Leader of confederate army

LiteracyAbility to read and write

LoyalistA person who wanted to stay Loyal to great Britain

mMaizeEarly form of corn grown byNative Americans

MajorityMore than half

Mission religious settlement

Militia Group of citizens trained to fight

nNullifyTo cancel or make ineffective

Neutral Taking no side in a conflict

Neutrality A position of not taking sides

Normal schoolTwo year school for training high school grads. To become teachers

oOffensivePosition of attacking

OrdinanceA law or regulation

Override Overturn or defeat as a bill in congress

OverseerPerson who supervises a large opperation

pPrecedentA tradition

PrivateerArmed private ship

PerjuryLying when one has sworn the oath

PetitionFormal request

Q

QuakersPeople who settled for religious freedom

QuechanIncan language

Quartering troopsAllow soldiers to live in your house and eat your food

Quebec, battle ofBritish general john Wolfe attacked an won

r

Radicalextreme

RancheroMexican ranch owner

RecruitEnlist soldiers in the army

RatifyGive official approval to

sSecedeLeave or withdraw

SecessionWithdrawal from union

SectionalismLoyalty to a region

SuffrageThe right to vote

TTariffA tax on imported or exported goods

TributeMoney paid for protection

TerraceA raised piece of land with the top leveled off to promote farming

TidewaterA region of flat low lying plains the seacoast

uUtopia Perfect society

Unalienable rightsA right that be surrendered

UnconstitutionalNot agreeing with the constitution

Underground railroadA system of routes across the u.s. that led from the south to the north

VVaqueroHispanic ranch owner

VetoTo prevent a bill from becoming a law

VigilantesPeople who take the law into their own hands

Vertical interrogationCombining of companies AND SUPPLIES FOR A PARTICULAR INDUSTRY

wWar hawksRep. during Madison's presidency that wanted war with great Britain

Department of war Department dealing with war

Washington, George1st U.S. president Writes of assistance

Document that allowed officers to check homes for smuggled goods

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Xyz affairs3 French agents came to America

Y

YankeeUnion soldier

YorktownBritish surrender to U.S.

YEOMANSouthern farm owner without slaves

Z

Zenger, John PeterNew York journal faced charges of libel for printing a critical report about the royal governor of N.Y.