The colonists _________, or objected to British control.

Many colonists were ready to overthrow the government and replace it with one of their own. In other words, they were ready for a _____________.

A ______ is large farm that grows crops for profit.

to build settlements and develop trade in lands that a country controls

a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country.

During the American Revolution, the colonists and the French were ______?

Many Americans expected that the United States would expand its territory all the way to the Pacific Ocean. This idea became known as ________ _________.

Starting in the 1840s, thousands of Americans became ______, or settlers of new land.

the forced removal of Cherokees to Oklahoma is called?

__________ the process of developing machine production of goods; large scale production.

The ______ railroad allowed goods and people to travel clear across the United States.