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- MIDDLE PASSAGE
- THE VORAGE THAT BROUGHT ENSLAVED AFRICAN TO YHE WEST INDIES AND LATER TO NORTH AMERICA.
- JUDICIARY ACT OF 1789
- A LAW THAT ESTABLISHED THE FEDERAL COURTS SYSTEM AND THE NUMBER OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES AND THAT PROVIDED FOR THE APPEAL OF CERTIAN STATE COURT DECISIONS TO THE FEDERAL COURT.
- JUDICIARY ACT OF `1801
- A LAW YHAT INCREASED THE NUMBER OF FEDERAL JUDGES, PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS TO FILL MOST OF THE NEW POSTS WITH FEDERALISTS.
- CHECKS AND BALANCES
- THE PROVISIONS IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION THAT PREVENTS ANY BRANCH OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FROM DOMINATING THE OTHER TWO BRANCHES.
- LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
- THE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT THAT MAKES LAWS.
- BATTLE OF COWPENS
- A 1781 BATTLE IN SO. CAROLINA WHERE AMERICANS WON A IMPORTANT VICTORY OVER THE BRITISH.
- GUERRILLA
- SOLDIERS WHO USED HIT AND RUN TACTICS.
- SIEGE
- MILITARY BLOCKADE OR BOMBARDMENT OF AN ENEMY TOWN OR POSITION IN ORDER TO FORCE IT TO SURRENDER.
- BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
- FINAL BATTLE IN THE REVOLUTION; THIS 1781 AMERICAN VICTORY IN VIRGINA FORCED THE BRITISH TO SURRENDER.
- TREATY OF PARIS
- A 1763 AGREEMENT BETWEEN BRITIAN AND FRANCE THAT ENDED THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, MARKED THE END OF FRENCH POWER IN THE NORTH.
- RATIFY
- TO APPROVED