With Unit 3, gray means the concept was covered in a prior Unit; light blue, terms that begin in Unit. A term in gray may still apply in Unit 3. With concepts after 1789, also look up the concept in the searchable Constitution provided in this folder. There are pre-built definitions from an adequate dictionary and you may use them.
General Economic terms: ·
feudalism ·
mercantilism · coin (a verb) ·
corporation · debt · mortgage · foreclosure ·
national bank
· panic (as in the panic of 1819 or the panic of 1893) · bubble · speculation · deflation · inflation · legal tender |
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 · riot · 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 · “due process” (5th and 14th) ·
citizenship · federalism, federal ·
Constitutional convention · separation of powers ·
Congress – a legislature · president – executive · cabinet – executive branch · Supreme Court - Judiciary · tariff, protective · tax (a noun, not a verb) |
Positions: ·
nationalist
· sectionalist · nativist, nativism · racist, racism ·
nullification · secession, secessionists |
Internal Improvements
(infrastructure):
·
canal
·
toll road/turnpike
·
steamboat
·
railroad (later)
·
telegraph
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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) |
Reforms · abolition · agrarian · commune · literacy · suffrage · temperance · utopianism |
Structures with special roles: · arsenal · capitol · fort |
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