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By D onte Henderson. My ABC book of U.S history 5-13-11. A. Abolitionist is a movement to end slavery. In western Europe and the Americas abolitionism was a movement to end the slave trade and set slaves free .
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By Donte Henderson My ABC book of U.S history5-13-11
A • Abolitionistis a movement to end slavery. In western Europe and the Americas abolitionism was a movement to end the slave trade and set slaves free. • Anti-Federalism refers to a movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the Constitution of 1787. • Alien- a non-citizen inhabitant of a country.
B • Burgesses- member of the British Parliament representing a borough, corporate town, or university. • Boycott-is a form of consumer activism involving the act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for political reasons. • Boomtown-A boomtown is a community that experiences sudden and rapid population and economic growth
C • Cabinet- aboard to advise the President; members are the secretaries of executive departments; the United treaty States constitution does not provide for the cabinet. • Cash crop-a type of crop you sale for money. • Cede-to give up by treaty.
D • Debtor – person or country that owes money • Decree- an order or decision given by one in authority • Desert- to leave without permission