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Conestoga Wagon.
made by the Pennsylvania
Dutch, it hauledmany pounds of goods
conflict.
to fight or go to war because of a
disagreement
Congress.
elected senators and representatives of
each state who make laws for the national
government
constitution.
awritten plan of government
Constitutional Convention.
people from each
statewhowrote a new plan of government in 1787
construction.
processes by which something is
made or built
continent.
a very largemass of land
convention.
a group of peoplewho get together for
the same reason
council.
people responsible formaking laws for their
city or borough; also, a group of Native American
men selected to run their clans
county.
an area of land that is larger than a city
county seat.
the place from which the county
government is run
dam.
a structure that holds water back in a lake
Declaration of Independence.
written state-
ments that said the American colonies were
independent and free from England
delegates.
people chosen to represent their state at a
convention
democracy.
government by the majority of elected
or chosen people
depression.
slow growth of industry, loss of jobs,
and failed businesses
desert.
a place that gets less than 10 inches of
rainfall a year
disaster.
when somethinghappens that causes great
destruction and distress
district.
an area of land set aside for some specific
purpose
district justice.
an elected person that handles the
smaller crimes at the local level
diversity.
different racial and ethnic groups
effect.
the result of what happened
electricity
. a source of power
elevation.
themeasuredheight of landform features
above sea level
empire.
a country that has many places under its
control
employers.
people who hire other people to work
for them
energy.
usable heat or electricity for homes and
industries
environment.
the water, air, and land that
surrounds us and other living things
erosion.
thewearing away of soil and land
ethnic.
being of a religious, racial, or national group
executive.
one of the three branches of government
that enforce the laws
export.
when products of our country are sent to
another country
extinct.
not living; gone forever
faulting.
a crack or break in a weak point of the
earth’s crust
federal.
national government
ferryboat.
large raft used to float wagons across
rivers
First Continental Congress.
first meeting of
colonial leaders in Philadelphia in 1774
folding.
when rocks and soil deep beneath the
earth’s surface slowly push against each other and
force up some of the earth
forest.
a large area of land covered with large trees
and smaller plants
fossil fuels.
fuels that were formed from the
remains of plants and animals
gasoline engine.
an engine that uses gasoline as its
power source
GeneralAssembly.
agroupof people chosenby the
people tomake rules
geography.
the study of the earth and its physical
features
GettysburgNationalCemetery.
burial ground for
those killedduring theBattleofGettysburg andother
wars since fought
glacier.
a huge mass of ice that moves very slowly
down amountain or valley
glass.
a product made by heating amixture of sand
and limestone over hot flames
glen.
narrow valleywithwater running through it
goods.
items that aremade and sold
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