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By Donte 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 • 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. • 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
E • Emancipation-To free from slavery • Export-To sell goods aboard • Embargo-An order prohibiting trade with another country
F • Fifth Amendment-No person shall be deprived of life liberty • Fort Sumter-Fort on an island guarding Charleston harbor • Fist Amendment-Religion assembly petition press speech
G • Garrison William Lloyd -Abolitionist antislavery movement • Genocideen-Deliberate destruction of a racial political or cultural group • Global Warming-A steady increase in average world temperature
H • Henry Patrick-Persuaded the burgesses to take action against the stamp act. • House of Burgesses-Make local laws for the colony.
I • Impeach-is a formal process in which an official is accused of unlawful activity and the outcome of which, depending on the country, can lead to the removal of that official from office or other punishment. • Joint occupution-