https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5 Vocabulary en-us 2018-09-18 15:40:11 UTC 2019-02-12 16:58:39 UTC hello@padlet.com foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/282988459 The system of rules and the people who make and administer them is known as a government.]]> 2018-09-18 15:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/282988459 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/282989888 A constitution is a set of rules that guides how a country, state, or other political organization works.]]> 2018-09-18 15:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/282989888 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/284414367 Compromise occurs when two parties come to an agreement by each offering to meet somewhere in the middle. ]]> 2018-09-21 15:02:28 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/284414367 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/284416382 sign or give consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement]]> 2018-09-21 15:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/284416382 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/284422180 the first ten minor changes to the US Constitution,  ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.]]> 2018-09-21 15:17:19 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/284422180 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/284533627 Thirty-three amendments to the United States Constitution have been proposed by the United States Congress and sent to the states for ratification since the Constitution was put into operation on March 4, 1789. ]]> 2018-09-21 19:09:15 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/284533627 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/284534106 counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.]]> 2018-09-21 19:10:46 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/284534106 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/294426677 a group of American Indian people of southeastern Ontario and southern Quebec or their language.]]> 2018-10-18 15:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/294426677 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/294428184 a group of territories or peoples under one ruler the Roman empire, and a country whose ruler is called an emperor]]> 2018-10-18 15:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/294428184 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/294433575 a league of Irquoise tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations); after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations]]> 2018-10-18 15:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/294433575 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/294435395 a Pueblo Indian ceremonial structure that is usually round and partly underground]]> 2018-10-18 15:56:17 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/294435395 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/294436220 The Iroquois were a League or Confederacy of tribes in the Northeastern part of America. Originally they were formed by five tribes: the Cayuga, Onondaga, Mohawk, Seneca, and Oneida. ... The French named them the Iroquois, but they called themselves the Haudenosaunee which means People of the Longhouse.]]> 2018-10-18 15:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/294436220 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/294436831 A natural resource is something that is found innature and can be used by people. Earth's natural resources include light, air, water, plants, animals, soil, stone, minerals, and fossil fuels.]]> 2018-10-18 15:58:29 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/294436831 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/294437732 a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States. a city in Colorado south of Colorado Springs. a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called pueblos by the Spanish because they live in villages built of adobe and rock]]> 2018-10-18 15:59:48 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/294437732 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/294438111 a conical tent usually consisting of skins and used especially by American Indians of the Great Plains.]]> 2018-10-18 16:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/294438111 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/294484124 An object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry also : a usually carved or painted representation of such an object]]> 2018-10-18 16:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/294484124 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309851065 The astrolabe is a tool using the positions of the stars or sun. It was formerly used in navigation to help explorers and sailors figure out where they were.]]> 2018-11-30 16:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309851065 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309852560  a type of small sailing ship. It is easy to maneuver]]> 2018-11-30 16:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309852560 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309854320 Circumnavigation originally meant going around something, by ship. Usually, people go around the world]]> 2018-11-30 16:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309854320 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309856205 Is a navigational tool that uses magnetism. It has an arrow which points in the direction of the North Magnetic Pole. ]]> 2018-11-30 16:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309856205 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309857526  Conquistador was a Spanish soldier, explorer and adventurer. The Conquistadors invaded and conquered much of the American and the Philippines Islands and other islands in Asia Pacific. ]]> 2018-11-30 16:38:20 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309857526 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309859047 An expedition usually means a long journey or voyage done for a specific purpose.]]> 2018-11-30 16:40:56 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309859047 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309860422 A triangular sail on a long yard at an angle of 45° to the mast.]]> 2018-11-30 16:43:14 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309860422 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309860599 Mutiny is a when a group of people get together to openly oppose, change, or remove the people or person in authority. ]]> 2018-11-30 16:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309860599 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309861042 The Northwest Passage is sea passage along the north coast of North America. Because of ice, the passage is usually closed to ships.]]> 2018-11-30 16:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309861042 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309861759 Generally, patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege and often financial aid given by a person or an organization.]]> 2018-11-30 16:45:22 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309861759 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309862715 An instrument used for taking angular measurements of altitude in astronomy and navigation, typically consisting of a graduated quarter circle and a sighting mechanism.]]> 2018-11-30 16:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/309862715 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318446368 a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.]]> 2019-01-08 17:42:34 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318446368 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318447161 a grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitants of an area.]]> 2019-01-08 17:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318447161 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318448223 he surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.]]> 2019-01-08 17:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318448223 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318448771 a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.]]> 2019-01-08 17:46:13 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318448771 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318449515 An indentured servant or indentured laborer is an employee within a system of unfree labor who is bound by a signed or forced contract to work for a particular employer for a fixed time. ]]> 2019-01-08 17:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318449515 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318450169 the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies.]]> 2019-01-08 17:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318450169 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318450804 an important assignment carried out for political, religious, or commercial purposes, typically involving travel.]]> 2019-01-08 17:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318450804 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318451847 the action of buying and selling goods and services.]]> 2019-01-08 17:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318451847 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318452258 Transatlantic slave trade, segment of the global slave trade that transported between 10 million and 12 million enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas from the 16th to the 19th century.]]> 2019-01-08 17:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318452258 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318453191 a multilateral system of trading in which a country pays for its imports from one country by its exports to another.]]> 2019-01-08 17:52:47 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318453191 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318453509 (in Spanish-speaking parts of the US) a cowboy; a cattle driver.]]> 2019-01-08 17:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/318453509 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329324493 The Church of England has been the established church of England for about 450 years.]]> 2019-02-08 17:52:54 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329324493 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329325542 a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.]]> 2019-02-08 17:54:35 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329325542 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329325865 a raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as copper or coffee.]]> 2019-02-08 17:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329325865 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329326276 Dutch West India Company was a chartered company of Dutch merchants as well as foreign investors. Among its founders was Willem Usselincx. ]]> 2019-02-08 17:55:58 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329326276 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329326794 a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders.]]> 2019-02-08 17:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329326794 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329327359 The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century around the Massachusetts Bay, the northernmost of the several colonies later reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay.]]> 2019-02-08 17:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329327359 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329327906 The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the male passengers of the Mayflower, consisting of separatist Puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen. The Puritans were fleeing from religious persecution by King James of England.]]> 2019-02-08 17:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329327906 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329328447 the economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism.]]> 2019-02-08 17:59:49 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329328447 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329328788 a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons.]]> 2019-02-08 18:00:29 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329328788 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329329128 Protestantism is the second largest form of Christianity with collectively between 800 million and more than 900 million adherents worldwide or nearly 40% of all Christians. It originated with the 16th century Reformation, a movement against what its followers perceived to be errors in the Roman Catholic Church.]]> 2019-02-08 18:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329329128 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329330151 Grains, such as corn, wheat, and rice, are the world's most popular food crops. In fact, these crops are often the basis for food staples. A food staple is a food that makes up the dominant part of a population's diet.]]> 2019-02-08 18:02:29 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/329330151 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/330415629 The Virginia Company was a joint stock company that was approved by King James I to create new settlements in the colony of Virginia. A joint stock company is a business organization with which investors pooled money in order to purchase stock in a company.]]> 2019-02-12 16:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/330415629 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/330417292 Anne Hutchinson was a Puritan spiritual adviser, mother of 15, and an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy which shook the infant Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638. ]]> 2019-02-12 16:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/330417292 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/330417745 John Rolfe was one of the early English settlers of North America. He is credited with the first successful cultivation of tobacco as an export crop in the Colony of Virginia.]]> 2019-02-12 16:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/330417745 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/330418241 Peter Stuyvesant; served as the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664, after which it was renamed New York.]]> 2019-02-12 16:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/330418241 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/330418872 Roger Williams was a Puritan minister, theologian, and author who founded the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He was a staunch advocate for religious freedom, separation of church and state, and fair dealings with American Indians, and he was one of the first abolitionists.]]> 2019-02-12 16:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/330418872 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/330419487 a person who supports the separation of a particular group of people from a larger body on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or gender.]]> 2019-02-12 16:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/330419487 foxs_26 https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/330419799 Thomas Hooker was a prominent Puritan colonial leader, who founded the Colony of Connecticut after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts. He was known as an outstanding speaker and an advocate of universal Christian suffrage. ]]> 2019-02-12 16:32:57 UTC https://padlet.com/foxs_26/9u2xsxw7ocs5/wish/330419799