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MY ABC BOOK OF U.S. HISTOY 5-12-11

MY ABC BOOK OF U.S. HISTOY 5-12-11. DELMARQUIS HILLIS . A. Abolitionist – a person who strongly favors doing away with slavery. Adams, Abigail – john Adams wife and 2 nd first lady Amendments an addition to a formal document ,such as the constitution . B.

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MY ABC BOOK OF U.S. HISTOY 5-12-11

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  1. MY ABC BOOK OF U.S. HISTOY5-12-11 DELMARQUIS HILLIS

  2. A Abolitionist – a person who strongly favors doing away with slavery. Adams, Abigail – john Adams wife and 2nd first lady Amendments an addition to a formal document ,such as the constitution

  3. B Boston tea party- when people boarded their ship and threw 342 barrels of tea over board . Boston massacre a mini battle where 5 unarmed citizens was killed Battle of bull run (Manassas) -3,000 union troops attack a smaller equally confederate troops

  4. C CLAY , HENRY - was known as the great compromiser Calhoun ,John was a leader of the war hawks CIVIL WAR – a war between confederate and the union states

  5. D Douglas , Fredrick - the 1st slave that knew how to read and write Debtor - person or country who owes money Dare, Virginia – 1st English child born in north America

  6. E English bill of rights – assured the people of basic rights Emancipation proclamation it freed all slaves in the south Elizabeth – queen of England

  7. F Fort Sumter a U.S. Fort on a island guarding Charleston harbor Fugitive : a runaway or trying to run away French and Indian war – a war fought between Britain and France

  8. G Gadsden purchase - a purchase land along southern edge of present day state Arizona and Mexico Garrison, William – editor of the liberator and a abolitionist Battle of Gettysburg – turning point of the civil war

  9. H John Hancock – funded the sons of liberty Patrick Henry - person who said “ give me liberty or give me death” Prince Henry – known as Henry the navigator

  10. I Import – to buy goods from foreign markets. Impressments forcing people into service as in the navy. Immigration – the movement of people into another country

  11. J John jay – chief justice officer John Paul Jones – a daring American naval officer Thomas Jefferson head secretary of state

  12. K Helen Keller – a deaf blind person and she was mute to help other people Henry Knox- secretary of war Kansas – ( known as bleeding Kansas ) were a mini civil war broke out between the citizens

  13. L Marquise de Lafayette – a French noble man Abraham Lincoln – 16th president of the U.S. and wrote the emancipation proclamation John Locke - an English philosopher and a reformer

  14. M Horace Mann - a lawyer who be became head of the Massachusetts board of education George Mason – would not sign the constitution with out the bill of rights John Marshal – secretary of state served as chief justice of the U.S.

  15. N Nullification – cancel out the federal laws Napoleon – France's leader Navigation act – directed the flow of goods between England and the colonies

  16. O Ordinance of 1785 - a law that est. a procedure for surveying & selling land north of the Ohio river Oregon country - huge area of land that lay between the pacific ocean & the rocky mountains north of California Oregon trail – nation longest grave yard

  17. P William Penn - Quaker and he est. Pennsylvania Thomas Pain – author of common sense Molly Pitcher – a woman who carried pitchers of water to soldiers

  18. Q Quakers – a protestant group of dissenters called the society of friends Battle of Quebec the battle when the British defeat the French Quadruple alliance - the call for help to fight against revolutionary forces in south America

  19. R Railroads – a way to get ammunition and supplies faster Radica - extreme Repeal – to cancel out a act or law

  20. S Secede – to leave or withdrawal Suffrage – the right to vote Secession- withdrawal from a union

  21. T Tariff – a tax on import or export Tribute – money paid for protection Tejano - Mexican who claims Texas as there home

  22. U Unalienable rights – rights that cannot be surrendered Unconstitutional – not agreeing with the constitution Uncle toms cabin – a novel about the evil of slavery

  23. V Veto – to cancel out a bill from becoming a law Martin Vann Buren - 8th president Virginia – the largest that ratified the constitution

  24. W War hawks- a group of young republican George Washington- 1st united states president Eli Whitney – evented the cotton gin

  25. X XYZ affair- 3 French agents that demanded a bribe and a loan for France to the Americans

  26. Y Yankee union solider York town Virginia- where general Cornwallis surrendered and the continental army won the last battle Duke of York now known as new york

  27. Z John Zenger – the publisher of New York weekly journal

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