Vocabulary

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subsistence farming
indigenous

Chapter 1

migrate
environment
natural resources
culture
cultural region
buffalo

Chapter 2
slavery
conquistadors
colony
missionaries
trappers
"Columbian Exchange"
"New World"

Chapter 3
cash crops
assembly
democratic
Puritans
slave trade
indentured servant
"Mayflower Compact"

Chapter 4
economy
blue laws
rights
Parliament
petition (verb)
social class
First Great Awakening
The Middle Passage
Magna Carta

Chapter 5
repeal
militia
tyranny
boycott
Patriots
Loyalists
Sons of Liberty
minutemen 

Chapter 6
traitor

Chapter 7
ally
arsenal
guerrilla soldiers
guerrilla tactics
mercenaries
strategy
treaty

Chapter 8
constitution
ratify
arsenal
compromise
territory
republic
Electoral College
Enlightenment

Chapter 9
executive branch
legislative branch
judicial branch
interstate commerce
popular sovereignty
bill
veto
party (political party)
interest group
bicameral
amendment 
federalism
checks and balances

Chapter 10
defendants
prosecution
warrant
self-incrimination

Chapter 11
inauguration
aliens
sedition
nullify
nullification
states' rights
executive departments

Chapter 12
isolationism
neutrality
blockade
embargo
secretary of state

Chapter 14
self-made
civil servant
spoil system
tariff
secede
secession
enfranchised
disenfranchise 

Chapter 15
Manifest Destiny
diplomacy
cession
converts
annex