Jacob Qualls 5 th period
A Ambush-surprise attack Annex-Added territory to ones property Arsenal-storage facility for weapons and ammunition
B Boycott-refuse to by a certain product Backcountry-region of hills and forests west of tidewater Burgesses-elected representatives to an assembly
Cabinet-group of advisors to the president Canal-artificial waterway Caravel-small, fast ship with broad bows C
Debtor-person that owes money to someone or government Depreciate-fall in value Diversity-variety D
Emancipation-to free someone from slavery Effigy-rag figure representing unpopular individual Embargo-order prohibiting trade with other countries E
Federalists-supporters of constitution Freedman-person freed from slavery Frigate-small warship f
Genocide- destruction of racial, political, or cultural group Greenback-U.S. paper money first issued in north Guerrilla tactics-referring to surprise attacks g
Horizontal interrogation- combining combining competing firms into one Human rights- rights regarding to belong to all people Habeas corpus-legal order to lawfully imprison a person H
Import-to buy goods from a foreign market Impressments -forcing people into service Iron clad-armored naval vessel
Jackson,Andrew-7 th president of U.S. James the first-king of England Jefferson,Thomas-3 rd president of U.S. J
Kansas, bleeding-riot in Kansas lasting 4 days Keys, Francis Scott-wrote national anthem Keel boat-small row boat K
Landslide-overwhelming victory Literacy-ability to read and write Lynching-putting a person to death by illegal actions L
Manumission-free people from enslavement Mission-religious settlement Majority-more than half
Neutral-taking no side in conflict Naturalization-full citizenship to a foreigner Nullify-to cancel
Ordinance-a law Offensive-position of attacking Override-to overrule or defeat
Partism-favoring one side Petition-formal request Precedent-a tradition
Quakers- people tolerant of other religions Quebec act—permits government for Quebec and free religion to the French Quechua-Incan language
Ranchero- Mexican ranch owners Ratify- official approval Repeal-to cancel an act
Secede-to leave a nation Sectionalism-loyalty to region Suffrage-right to vote
Tariff-tax on imported and exported goods Tejano -Mexican who claim Texas as home Tribute-money paid for protection
Unalienable rights-rights that cannot be taken away Unconstitutional-not agreeing with the constitution Utopia-community based on perfect society
Veto-to reject act Vaquero- Hispanic ranch hand Vigilantes-people who take law into their own hands
War of nd war between U.S. and G.B. Writ of assistance-legal document to search a house War hawks-republican who press for war
Xyz affair-three agent demanded loan from America
Yorktown,Virginia -end of American revolution Yankee-union solider Yellow journalism-type of false journalism
Zenger, John Peter- reporter for new weekly journal