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US History Midterm Review
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Great Plains: The Great Plains is the broad expanse of flat land, much of it covered in prairie, steppe and grassland, that lies west of the Missouri River and east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada.
Central Plains: In the U.S In the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the Central Plain is a geographical region consisting of about 13,000 square miles of land in a v-shaped belt across the center of the state.
Miss. River: The Mississippi River is the chief river of the largest drainage system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, it rises in northern Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for 2,320 miles to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico.
Thomas Paine Common Sense: Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776.
Mayflower Compact: The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by separatist Congregationalists who called themselves Saints. Later they were referred to as Pilgrims or Pilgrim Fathers. They were fleeing from religious persecution by King James of England. They traveled aboard the Mayflower in 1620 along with adventurers, tradesmen, and servants, most of who were referred to, by the Separatists as Strangers. Mercantilism: The economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism. Declaration Of Independence: Declaration of Independence definition. The fundamental document establishing the United States as a nation, adopted on July 4, 1776. The declaration was ordered and approved by the Continental Congress and written largely by Thomas Jefferson. Bill of Rights: a formal statement of the fundamental rights of the people of the United States

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