Final Round
He was the first African American judge
Thurgood Marshall
another name for a written contract
charter
A series of trade routes between Europe and Asia
Silk Road
This is what the mayor of Frederick demanded from Jubal Early when paying the ransom.
a receipt
a piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides
peninsula
This entire town is on the Frederick County National Register of historic places
Burkittsville
the legislative branch of the MD colony
General Assembly
The first SUCCESSFUL English settlement in America
Jamestown
Maryland's first newspaper
The Maryland Gazette
A narrow, deep valley with steep sides
gorge
This former Frederick mayor is famous for his diary entries
Jacob Engelbrecht
This central Maryland region is where the largest portion of the population lives. It is found in between the Atlantic Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Region.
Piedmont Plateau
Individuals who agreed to work for a period of time in exchange for a free passage from Europe to America
indentured servants
The date in which the Battle of the Monocacy took place
July 9, 1864
a large floating mass of ice that has been carried out to sea
iceberg
You can find Camp David in this National Park
Catoctin Mountain Park
to take back or to cancel a law
repeal
Forcing people to pay taxes when they have no say in making the law that created the tax
taxation without representation
This Frederick resident refused to take down her American flag when ordered by Confederate Soldiers to do so
Mary Quantrill
a narrow strip of land that connects 2 larger parts of land. example: Panama
isthmus
These Union forces who fought at the Battle of the Monocacy had only been enlisted for 3 months.
100 days men
statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it.(such as age, gender, or race)
demographics
a short powerful book by Thomas Payne that argued plain and simply that the American colonies should break away from Britain
Common Sense
This battle is known as the "bloodiest day" in the Civil War
The Battle of Antietam
a flat topped hill area with steep sides
mesa