DELMARQUIS HILLIS

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

B Boston 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 killed Battle of bull run (Manassas) -3,000 union troops attack a smaller equally confederate troops

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

D Douglas, Fredrick - the 1 st slave that knew how to read and write Debtor - person or country who owes money Dare, Virginia – 1 st English child born in north America

E English bill of rights – assured the people of basic rights Emancipation proclamation it freed all slaves in the south Elizabeth – queen of England

F Fort 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

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

H John 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

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

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

K Helen 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

L Marquise de Lafayette – a French noble man Abraham Lincoln – 16 th president of the U.S. and wrote the emancipation proclamation John Locke - an English philosopher and a reformer

M Horace 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.

N Nullification – cancel out the federal laws Napoleon – France's leader Navigation act – directed the flow of goods between England and the colonies

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

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

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

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

S Secede – to leave or withdrawal Suffrage – the right to vote

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