Ap Flashcards

8668950689	republic	a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.	0
8668956975	immigration	the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.	1
8669040701	migration	movement of people to a new area or country	2
8669145972	The Seven Years War	A war fought between the colonies of British America and New France. It was caused by a need by the British to take control of the fur trade in the Ohio River Valley. AKA, The Seven Years War	3
8669153397	elites	A group or class of persons considered to be superior to others because of their intelligence, social standing, or wealth	4
8669167077	grassroots movement	one which uses the people in a given district as the basis for a political or economic movement	5
8669180311	american revolution	The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America.	6
8673236788	loyalist	British supporters wealthy	7
8673244038	Patriots	a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors	8
8682566208	Declaration of Independence	Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries; it declared the United States as a free state.	9
8682566209	neutrality	policy of supporting neither side in a war	10
8682566210	French Revolution	a rebellion of French people against their king in 1789	11
8682725073	Haiti Revolution	This revolution inspired other revolutions throughout Latin America.	12
8682725074	Latin America	Spanish or Portuguese-speaking nations south of the U.S.	13
8682725075	George Washington	Commander of the Continental Army	14
8682725076	Farewell Address	final official speech of Presidents as they exit office	15
8682725077	democracy	government by the people	16
8682725078	Thomas Paine	Author of Common Sense	17
8682725079	common sense	A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation	18
8682725080	articles of confederation	a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states	19
8682725081	property qualifications		20
8682725082	Constitution	A written plan of government	21
8682725083	Federalism	A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments	22
8682725084	Separation of Powers	an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.	23
8682725085	Bill of Rights	First 10 amendments	24
8682725086	Ratification Process	9 of 13 states have to ratify before Constitution can go into effect	25
8682725087	politcal party	organized group that seeks to win elections in order to influence the activities of government	26
8682725088	Framers	Group of delegates who drafted the United States Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787	27
8682725089	mission	a special duty or function which a person or group is sent out to do	28
8682725090	Appalachian Mountains	A mountain range that stretches from eastern Canada south to Alabama.	29
8682725091	Northwest Ordinance	a law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed	30
8682725092	Public Education	tax supported schools *helped many people get an education, but also excluded many groups	31
8682725093	Mississippi River	A major North American river and the chief river of the United States, longest river in the U.S.	32
8682725094	national identity	a person's citizenship	33
8682725095	regional identity	an awareness of being a part of a group of people living in a culture region	34
8682725096	replublican motherhood	term for women's roles in the emerging United States before during and after the revolution	35