MY ABC BOOK OF U.S. HISTOY5-12-11

DELMARQUIS HILLIS

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

BBoston 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 killedBattle of bull run (Manassas) -3,000 union troops attack a smaller equally confederate troops

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

DDouglas , Fredrick - the 1st slave that knew how to read and writeDebtor - person or country who owes moneyDare, Virginia – 1st Englishchild born in north America

EEnglish bill of rights – assured the people of basic rights Emancipation proclamation it freed all slaves in the southElizabeth – queen of England

FFort 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

GGadsden purchase - a purchase land along southern edge of present day state Arizona and MexicoGarrison, William – editor of the liberator and a abolitionist Battle of Gettysburg – turning point of the civil war

HJohn 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

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

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

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KHelen 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

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LMarquise 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

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MHorace 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 George Mason – secretary of state served as chief justice of the U.S.

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NNullification – cancel out the federal lawsNapoleon – France's leader Navigation act – directed the flow of goods between England and the colonies

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

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

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QQuakers – a protestant group of dissenters called the society of friends Battle of Quebec the battle when the British defeat the FrenchQuadruple alliance - the call for help to fight against revolutionary forces in south America

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RRailroads – a way to get ammunition and supplies faster Radica - extreme Repeal – to cancel out a act or law

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SSecede – to leave or withdrawalSuffrage – the right to vote

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