Abstain- to not take part in activity such

as voting

Arsenal- a storage place for weapons and ammunitions

Ambush- a surprise attack

B’s • Boycott- Refuse to buy items from a particular

country• Backcountry- region of hills and forest west to

the tide water • Burgesses- elected representa Backcountry-

region of hills and forest west to the tide water tives to an assembly

C’s

• Cleveland Grover- elected president twice 22, 24

• Clinton , William J- elected 42 president

• Carter , James E- elected 39 president

D’s

• Desert- to leave w/o permission

• Draft- selection of a person required military services

• Depreciate- to fall in value

E’s

• Export- to sell goods abroad

• Emigrant- person who leaves a country region to leave else were

• Effigy- rag figure representing an unpopular individual

F’s

• Fort Sumter- united states fort on a island

• Franklin Roosevelt- elected 32th president

• Franklin Peirce- elected 14th president

G’s

• George Washington- 1st president and leader of British army

• George Bush- 43th president

• Global Warming- Increase of temperature

H’s

• Herbert Hoover- 31st president

• Hayes Rutherford- 19th president

• Harrison Benjamin- 23rd president

I’s

• Import- To buy goods from foreign market

• Inflation- a continuous rise in the price of goods and services

• Ironclad- armored naval ressel

J’s

• Joint Occupation- the possession and setting of an area shared by 2 or more countries

Judicial branch- the branch of government including the federal court system that interprets the nations laws

• Judicial review- the right of the supreme court to determine if a law violates the constitution

L’s

• Landslide- an overwhelming victory

• Loyalist- American colonist who remain loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

• Literacy- the ability to read and write.

M’s

• Maize- an early form of corn grown by native Americans.

• Majority- more than half

• Militia- a group of Indians trained to fight in emergencies

N’s

• Nullify- to cancel or make ineffective

• Neutral- taking no side or conflict

• Naturalization- to grant full citizenship has foreigner

O’s• Offensive- position of

attacking or attack itself

• Ordinance- a law or regulation

• Override- overturn or default as a ball proposed in congress

P’s • Part same- favoring one side

if an issue

• Plurality- largest single shore

• Precedent- D tradition

Q’s

• Quakers- protestant group of dissenters

• Quedruple- allience for help in its fight against revolution force in south America

• Quebec act- the act set up a permanent government

R’s

Recruit- to enlist soldiers in the army

Revenue- incoming money

Repeal- to cancel an act or law

S’s

• Secede- to leave or withdraw

• Sedition- activities armed at weakening establish government

• Smuggling- trading illegally with other nations

T’s

• Tariff- to tax imports or exports

• Tajano- a Mexican who claims Texas as his home

• Total war- war on all aspects of the enemy life

U’s• Unalienable right- a right that

can not be surrendered

• Unconstitutional- agreeing or consistent with the constitution

• Utopin- community based on a vision of a perfect society sought by reformeres

V’s• Vaquero- Hispanic ranch hand

• Veto- to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law

• Vigilantes- people who the law into their own hands

W’s • War hawks- republicans during

Madison or war presidency who passed for war with Britain

• Woa- legal documents that enabled officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled

Y’s• Yankee- union soldiers

• Yellow journalism- a type of sensational biased , and often false reporting

• Yeoman- southern owner of a small farm who did not have enslaved people

Z’s• Zenger, Peter – faced charges

of libel of printing a critical report about royal government

• Zuni- people from the south west preticipated in the sophisticated trade network extended out the south west and in Mexico