General Economic terms: ·
Feudalism ·
Mercantilism ·
Coin (a verb) ·
Corporation ·
Debt ·
Mortgage ·
Foreclosure ·
The
National Bank
·
Panic (as in the
Panic of 1819) ·
bubble ·
speculation |
Governmental terms: ·
Tribe ·
Kingdom or monarchy (ruler: king and/or queen) ·
Nation state ·
*Confederation ·
Constitutional
monarchy ·
*Republic or
representative democracy ·
Tyranny,
oligarchy, and aristocracy Tip: these were all terms for governments that the
framers wanted to avoid. |
Terms for developments in this era: ·
Empire (ruler: emperor) and the words imperial and
imperialism ·
Colony ·
Colonization ·
Exploration ·
Commander in
chief ·
*Declaration of
war ·
Doctrine (as in
the Monroe Doctrine) ·
*Foreign policy ·
*Treaty |
Terms about people who are not free by
law: ·
Servitude ·
Master ·
Slave ·
Serf ·
Bondage or bound ·
Indentured servant Tip: As I currently understand the history, the Spanish
turn the Native Americans into the legal equivalent of serfs. |
Terms about people who are free but have a feudal relationship
of land and protection: ·
Feudalism ·
Lord ·
Subject or vassal Tip: Subject
is used with feudalism but is still used as a term today for people in a
monarchy. |
Terms
for religions involved in events: ·
Roman Catholicism ·
Pope (related terms of papacy or St. Peter) ·
Protestant Reformation ·
Lutheranism ·
Calvinism ·
Anglicanism ·
Separation of
church and state Tip: The links
from your instructor in the chapters can help you with Calvinism and with
later religions in the colonies. |
Government and people: ·
Mob ·
Rebellion ·
Revolution ·
Rule of law ·
Reign of Terror
– Tip: associated
with the French Revolution ·
Terrorism ·
Treason Tip: In Unit 1, we have a famous rebellion and a famous
revolution. What is the difference in the terms and in what happened? What is
treason? What is the consequence for an unsuccessful rebellion or revolution? |
Government and free people in development during Unit 1: ·
*Assemble
“peaceably,” freedom to ·
*speech, freedom
of ·
*the press,
freedom of ·
*petition,
freedom of ·
*jury, trial by
(Note: the results can vary from exoneration, incarceration, to execution.) ·
Vote for representatives - who decides
qualifications to vote? ·
Vote by representatives in a legislature
to determine laws (including taxes) – what decides how many Representatives
or Senators? ·
Vote by electors in the *electoral college
|
Government and people: ·
Legislature
(creators of laws) ·
Elected assemblies in colonies – a legislature (See
page 111.) ·
Parliament – a legislature ·
Prime minister ·
federalism ·
Constitutional
convention ·
Separation of
powers ·
Congress – a
legislature ·
*President –
executive ·
*Cabinet –
executive branch ·
*Supreme Court -
Judiciary ·
Tariff
·
*Tax (a noun,
not a verb) |
Positions: ·
Nationalist
·
Sectionalist ·
Nativist,
nativism ·
Nullification ·
Secession,
secessionists |
Internal Improvements
(infrastructure):
·
Canal
·
Toll
road/turnpike
·
Steamboat
·
Railroad
(later)
|
Types/parts of legal documents: ·
*amendment ·
*article (as in
the Articles of Confederation) ·
*bill of rights ·
code ·
*Constitution ·
*law ·
ordinance (as in the Northwest Ordinances)
|