American History Vocabulary by Anshi Saharan _ Student - MillsParkMS

Civilization

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Human society which has highly developed material and spiritual resources and a complex cultural, political, and legal organization

Mercantilism

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Economic system in which nations seek to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by establishing a favorable balance of trade.

Colombian Exchange

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Process by which plants, animals, diseases, people, and ideas have been introduced from Europe, Asia, and Africa to the Americas and vice versa.

Indentured Servant

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Person who signs and is bound by indentures to work for another for a specified time especially in return for payment of travel expenses and maintenance.

Chattel Slavery

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One person has total ownership of another.

Puritans

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Person who adheres to strict moral or religious principles, esp one opposed to luxury and sensual enjoyment.

Triangular Trade

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The three-legged route that made up the Atlantic slave trade

Encomienda System

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Spanish labour system that rewarded conquerors with the labour of conquered non-Christian peoples.

Southern Colonies

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Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

Middle Colonies

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New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.

New England Colonies

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The settlements established by English religious dissenters along the coast of the north-east of North America between 1620-1640 CE.

Proclamation Line of 1763

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A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east

Patriot

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A colonist who rebelled against British rule

Tory

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A colonist who supported British rule

Articles of Confederation

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Before the American constitution, this established the United States as a loose confederation of states under a weak national Congress, which was not granted the power to regulate commerce or collect taxes

Federalists

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Supporters of the new Constitution and a strong federal government. They fear a weak government. Generally very wealthy.

Anti-Federalists

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Supporters of the Articles of Confederation, not the Constitution. They fear a tyrannical national government with too much power and strongly advocate for the Bill of Rights.

Enlightenment

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An eighteenth-century philosophical movement that began in Western Europe with roots in the Scientific Revolution

Albany Plan of Union

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Plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes; the plan was turned down by the colonies and the (British) Crown

Northwest Ordinance

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One of the biggest accomplishments of the Articles of Confederation. This established a system for setting up governments in the western territories so they could eventually join the Union

Newburgh Conspiracy

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Near the end of the Revolutionary War, the Continental Army had not received pay for many years and threatened to abandon the fight, if they were not compensated

Great Compromise

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The decision to have a bicameral legislature, one house based on population, and one house with an equal number of representatives for every state.

Three-Fifths Compromise

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Determined that each slave would be counted as three fifths of a person for the purpose of apportioning taxes and representation.

Salutary Neglect

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A period from the early 1600s to the mid 1700s where British Parliamentary Laws were not enforced on the colonists