A New Nation
Revolution
A violent attempt to change the government from one form to another.
Migration
To move from one place to another
Example-The Great Migration where southern African Americans migrated to northern cities.
To Change a law by adding, updating, or removing a section of it.
Amendment
Colony
Land that is ruled by a country that is far away
Navigations Acts
Laws that said the colonies could only trade with England, the mother country.
Confederation
Several groups, states, or countries united in a alliance or league.
Immigration
To move to another country permanently
Ratify
To formally agree to a document
Massacre
to violently kill a large number of people.
Federal
Central government/ Washington DC is the federal capital of the United States.
Delegate
An official representative to a meeting
Suffrage
Tariff
Tax on imported goods
Loyalist
Supported the King and England, didn't think the colonies should become independent.
1st Continental Congress
Met to decide what to the response would be to the Intolerable Acts. 12 out of 13 colonies met by sending delegates. They decided to boycott English goods.
List 2 ways that the King of England taxed the colonists?
Stamp Act
Tea Tax
Spoils System
Giving jobs to supporters if your party wins an elections, jobs went to supporters that were often unqualified for the job.
Boycott
to not buy something as a form of protest-Example Bus Boycott in Montgomery, Alabama
Patriot
Wanted the colonies to become a country-- wanted to break up with England
Federalist
Wanted strong central government. Believed that federal government should be stronger than the states.
July 4, 1776
Date the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress
Bicameral
Two chambers-- Our legislature is bicameral. There are two chambers, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Nullification
Cancel or ignore a law
Propaganda
presenting information with the goal to get you to see the situation in a specific way/ from the same point of view as the author
Antifederalists
People who didn't want a central government, wanted strong regional governemnt, strong states