Vocabulary

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subsistence farming
indigenous

Chapter 1
migrate
environment
natural resources
culture
cultural region
buffalo
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Chapter 2
slavery
conquistadors
colony
missionaries
trappers
"Columbian Exchange"
"New World"
"Triangle Trade"
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Chapter 3
cash crops
assembly
democratic
Puritans
slave trade
indentured servant
"Mayflower Compact"
charter
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Chapter 4
economy
blue laws
rights
Parliament
petition (verb)
social class
First Great Awakening
The Middle Passage
Magna Carta
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Chapter 5
repeal
militia
tyranny
boycott
Patriots
Loyalists
Sons of Liberty
minutemen 
ally (allies) 
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Chapter 6
independence 
traitor
Common Sense
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Chapter 7
Revolutionary War
mercenaries
strategy
guerrilla soldiers
guerrilla tactics
treaty
Treaty of Paris
arsenal
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Chapter 8
constitution
Articles of Confederation 
ratify
arsenal
compromise
territory
republic
Electoral College
Enlightenment
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Chapter 9
executive branch
legislative branch
judicial branch
interstate commerce
sovereignty
popular sovereignty
cabinet
bill
veto
impeach
party (political party)
interest group
bicameral
amendment 
federalism
checks and balances
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Chapter 10
defendants
prosecution
warrant
self-incrimination
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Chapter 11
inauguration
aliens
sedition
nullify
nullification
states' rights
executive departments
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Chapter 12
foreign policy
isolationism
neutrality
blockade
embargo
secretary of state
doctrine
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Chapter 14
self-made
civil servant
spoil system
tariff
secede
secession
enfranchised
disenfranchise 

Chapter 15
Manifest Destiny
diplomacy
cession
converts
annex