Early Settlement and US Colonies
an area that has similar weather, physical features and cultures
What is a region
ally
What is a friend, a country that supports another?
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What is currency?
The Preamble, beginning of the Declaration of Independence
What is We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain inalienable right . Life liberty and justice
tells what a map is about
What it the Map title
to change the land
What is to modify
fight for equal rights for blacks
What was the civil rights movement
steam engine
What improved on the flatboats and made shipping faster and safer
eastern mountain range that bordered the US colonies
What are the Appalachian Mountains
a person chosen to act or speak for others
What is a representative
money paid to the government
What are taxes
highest law in the land
What is the Constitution
tells how far places on a map really are from each other ( distance)
What is map scale
things we use
What are natural resources.
monarchy
what is a government ruled by a king who is born into power
ideas that bring about change
What is revolutionary
wrote the constitution
Wha are the framers, Thomas Jefferson
prime meridian
What is the line that runs north and south and cuts earth into the east and western hemispheres
things we pay for
What are good and services
a crop grown to make money cotton, tobacco corn.
What is a cash crop
a law or tax
What is an act
to compromise
To agree to meet in the middle when you have different opinions
where you are in regards to another place
What is relative location
land wears down and away by wind or water
what is erosion
a group of people from one country living in a distant place
what is a colony
to appeal
What is to get rid of
a government with no king or queen, where people vote for their leaders
What is a republic?
landmark
places everyone knows of Grand Canyon, Mississippi River, Las Vegas
What is a frontier
a person who has a great skill for doing something
What is a craftsman
another word for representative
What is a delegate
freedoms protected by law
Rights
door to the west
What is the Gateway arch
journey made for a specific reason
What is an expedition
a type ofsoil that is good for growing
What is fertile
a formal meeting of representative
What's congress
[power is shared by national government and states
What is a federal government
represents the 13 cosines and Staes of America
What is the US flag
learn what is out there
what is a survey
mountains, lakes, rivers, buttes
What are physical features , landforms
when the government is run by the people fro the people
What is a democracy
ratify
What is to sign into law
said "we want you" to join the Army?
Who was Uncle Sam
pioneer
a person who goes out to settle new territories
why do we use altitude and longitude line
What is to find or tell exact location.
Thomas Paine
Who wrote Common Sense, the pamphlet that encourages colonists to fight for Independence
a change or addition to a document
what is an amendment
loyalists
who supported the King?
the colonists protested the king
What happened after the king violated the colonist rights
proposal for new law
What is a bill
large farms owned by the rich and worked mostly by slaves
What are plantations
militia
What is a small army unit
people who leave their countries and move to another
Who are immigrants
place where ships can come in and out
What is a port
fought against the king
Who were the patriots
people who fought for the US Army
Who are veterans
to move to a new place
What is to relocate
to agree
What is to consent?
when you take someones soldiers and make them fight for you
what is impressment
farms, or areas of land with few people
What are rural areas