AAbolitionist- a person against slavery

Alliance- a close association of natives or other groups

Abstain- to not take part in some activity

Ambush- a surprise attack

BBoycott- to refuse to buy item from a particular country

Burgesses- elected representatives to an asssembly

Backcountry- a region of hills and forests west of tidewater

Blockade runner- ship that sails in and out of a blockaded area

CCabinet- a group of advisors to the presdent

Canal- an artificial waterway

Capital- money for investment

Cede- to give up by treaty

DDiversity- variety or difference

Desert- To leave without permission

Disarment- removal of weapons

Dissent- disaggrement to or with an opionion

EExport- to sell goods abroad

Emancipate- to free from slavery

Effigy- rag figure representing an unpopular individual

Entrenched- occupying a strong defensive position

FFamine- an extreme shortage of food

Frigate- warship

Freedman- a person freed from slavery

Entrenched- occupying a strong defensive position

GGlobal warming- a steady increase in average world temperature

Greenback- a piece of u.s. paper money

Genocide- the deliberate destruction of radical political or cultural group

Guerrila tactics- reffering to surprise attacks

Horizontal immigration- the combining of competing firms into one corp

Habeous Corpus- a legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned

Holocaust- the mass slaughter of jews

Hieroglyphics- an ancient form of writing

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IImport- to buy goods from foreign traders

Ironclad- armored naval vessel