Longhouse
a long wooden
building in an Iroquois village that housed
many families
Sachems
a council member of the Iroquois
Confederacy
to sell goods to another country
Export
Boston Tea Party
Colonists poured tea into
Boston Harbor to protest taxes
Minutemen
Volunteer colonial
soldiers who fought the British in the
American Revolution
Invention
something that is made or
thought of for the first time
Tenement
a crowded, poorly
maintained apartment building
Migrate
to move from one
place to another
Megalopolis
a group of cities so
close together they are one community
Boswash
The area from Boston to Washington
Clan
a group of families who
share the same ancestors
Import
to buy goods from another country
Boston Massacre
British soldiers fired on a
crowd of colonists
Patriot
a colonist who was against
British rule, somebody who loves their country
Industrial Revolution
Goods and machines,
factories and industries were created and
invented (late 1700 to mid 1800)
Telegraph
an invention used to
send messages over a wire over a long
distance
`sweatshop
a factory where workers
don’t make much money and work in bad
conditions
Distribution map
show how something is
spread out over an area
American Revolution
The war founght by the
American colonies to end British Rule