7th Grade US History - Final

nomadic

• First permanent English settlement in North America
• city founded by the Spanish; oldest permanent city settled by Europeans in the present United States
• constantly on the move in search of game and wild plants
• French explorer who discovered the St. Lawrence River

mounds

• the first representative assembly in America
• city founded by the Spanish; oldest permanent city settled by Europeans in the present United States
• made of earth; filled with weapons, pottery, and jewelry; often used as tombs or as sites for religious ceremonies
• group of daring English sea captains at the economic heart of Spanish power

animism

• Man who helped Jamestown survive; a rough, hard-talking soldier who demanded obedience
• belief that spirits live in both natural objects
• English explorer who organized several colonizing expeditions to Roanoke Island, located off the coast of North Carolina
• French explorer who discovered the St. Lawrence River

indentured servants

• agreed to become servants to gain passage to the colonies, repay debts, or learn a trade
• Carved from large trees and depicted local legends and important events.
• Queen of England who secretly encouraged Sir Francis Drake's pirating raids
• group of daring English sea captains at the economic heart of Spanish power

joint-stock companies

• A group of separatists who fled religious persecution and created the Mayflower Compact.
• Puritan leader who became the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
• recipients of large grants of land the Dutch promised to anyone who could bring 50 settlers to the New World.
• a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders.

charter

• Englishman who explored for both England and the Netherlands and discovered the river that now bears his name.
• A religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England.
• A document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area
• Colonies under the direct control of the king

embargo

• end to all exports from the US
• In 1819, the US made a treaty with Spain, purchasing East Florida for $5 million. US kept ownership of the lands it had already taken in West Florida. It defined the Spanish boundary west of the Mississippi. Spain kept Texas & its other western lands.
• James Monroe's secretary of state
• territory in western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million

nationalism

• James Monroe's secretary of state
• Shoshone woman who assisted the Lewis and Clark expedition
• Pride in and a stronger love for one's nation
• Thomas Jefferson's secretary who was asked to lead the first of two expeditions to explore the West.

incumbent

• the current officeholder
• A group of 40 western and southern representatives who were united by their strong nationalism and desire to be free of the British.
• James Monroe's secretary of state
• sale and transport of goods and services from one state to another

interstate commerce

• sale and transport of goods and services from one state to another
• 5th President
• A battle in 1815 between American and British troops for control of New Orleans, ending in an American victory led by Andrew Jackson
• the current officeholder