AMERICAN HISTORY 1 - AMERICAN PAGEANT 17TH EDITION VOCAB LIST 1(J. FOWLER HIST2111)

Gentry

colonial landowners

Courears du Bois

French fur traders, 1600s

strategic

concerning the placement of troops

siege

to surround something

sallies

rapid military movements

regulars

trained soldiers

commission

certification of rank

patronage

economic benefits

mercantilism

an economic and political idea

veto

to forbid something

monopoly

complete control of a product

duty

a kind of tax

virtual representation

represented without a vote

boycott

to refuse to buy a product

mulatto

a person of mixed ancestry

propaganda

to influence public opinion

mercenaries

soldiers for hire

civilian

someone not in the military

confiscated

to take away

envoy

a representative of a country

privateers

privately owner warships

Thomas Paine

he wrote Common Sense

General Nathaniel Greene

commanded American troops in the South

General William Howe

British general based in New York

Tories

people loyal to England

Nationalism

super patriotism

Jamestown, Virginia

established in 1607

Toleration

freedom for a group

Plymouth, Massachusetts

established in 1620

indentured servants

labor in return for passage

squatter

to illegally occupy land

charter

a license to do something

primogeniture

a custom of England, allowing the eldest son of a noble to receive the title, lands, etc.