Lesson 1
a time before written history
prehistory
mission
settlement where priests talked about their religion
no longer governed by another country
independent
edge of a settled area
frontier
document that freed enslaved people in the South
emancipation proclamation
a good material; person, thing, or material that can be used for help or support
resource
land ruled by another country
colony
the overthrow of a government by its subjects
land owned by a country
territory
a person who comes to live in a new country
an object such as a tool or a weapon made by people in the past
artifact
a nonexistent sailing route from the Great Lakes to Asia that the French hoped to find
Northwest Passage
document that explained why the British colonies in America wanted independence
Declaration of Indepedence
a man-made waterway
canal
the war between the Union and the Confederacy
Civil War
people who get most of their food by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants
hunter-gatherer
Virginia settlement in honor of King James of England
Jamestown
money paid to a government for its support
tax
a journey of exploration
expedition
the period following the Civil War
Reconstruction
the use of skills, tools, machines to meet people's needs
technology
person who delivered a letter to the French army demanding they leave the Ohio territory
George Washington
group of men sneaked on board three British ships in the Boston Harbor and dumped a load of expensive tea
Boston Tea Party
territory purchased from France that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
Louisiana Purchase
a new way to do things or a new machine
invention