Abolitionists
What is an abolitionist?
Someone who wants to end or "abolish" slavery
Who was selected to lead the Continetal Army?
George Washington
What is a primary source?
Evidence of any kind that comes from the time being studied.
What is the Underground Railroad?
A network of secret routes and safe houses organized by abolitionists and used by enslaved Black people to escape from slavery in the South to freedom in the North or Canada
What is a public school?
Aschool that is funded by the government (through taxes paid by citizens)
What name did Mumbet choose for herself when she won her freedom from slavery?
Elizabeth Freeman
What does the phrase "shot heard around the world" refer to?
The opening gunfire at the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
What is a secondary source?
A description of history written later, that relies on primary sources for evidence.
What is encroachment?
Movement onto the territory, property or rights of someone else
Name an industry important for the economic growth of the Early Republic.
Whaling, Teaching, Canal Building, Steamboat Transportation, Farming, Oversees Trade with China, and Cotton Cloth Manufacturing.
Elizabeth Key may have been the first enslaved African American to do what?
Sue in court for her freedom.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What is the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
The forced migration, on a massive organized basis, of African people to be enslaved in the Americas.
What was the Trail of Tears?
The path traveled by approximately 100,000 Indigenous people from their native lands to territory in Oklahoma
What do we call a person who has special skill or knowledge relating to a particular subject?
An expert
What were tactics used by Benjamin Lay to end slavery?
Writing pamphlets, planning protests that got people's attention and kidnapping enslaver's children.
What is the name of the treaty that ended the American Revolution?
The Treaty of Paris
What is an indentured servant?
A person who is bound to work without pay in the service of another for a specified length of time.
What is the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
Act of Congress to acquire land of Indigenous Nations in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi in exchange for land in Oklahoma
What do we call a government’s plan and actions in its dealings with other nations?
Foreign Policy
Name an argument abolitionists make related to ending slavery?
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Who wrote the influential pamphlet "Common Sense" advocating for independence?
Thomas Paine
What are coded spirituals?
Songs that were sung by enslaved African Americans to resist their oppression and share information with each other
The Mashpee Wampanoag wrote many petitions to stop encroachment on their land. What is a petition?
A formal request to the government asking for help with a particular issue.
What was the Haitian Revolution?
A conflict from 1791 to 1804 between enslaved Haitians and France, ending in Haiti’s becoming the 1st country to be founded by formerly enslaved people