Identification: Define (who or what, when, where, and why is it important) or identify by name each of the following terms: Proclamation Line XXXXXXXXXXEli Whitney Crispus Attucks...

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Identification
· Proclamation Line (1763) A line drawn by the British government after the French and Indian War, prohibiting American colonists from settling beyond the Appalachian Mountains. It was meant to prevent conflict with Native American tribes.
· Eli Whitney An American inventor and pioneer of the cotton industry, known for inventing the cotton gin in 1794.
· Crispus Attucks An African American man who was the first casualty of the American Revolution, killed in the Boston Massacre in 1770.
· Fugitive Slave Law (1793) A law passed by the U.S. Congress that required citizens to assist in the capture and return of runaway slaves.
· Cotton Kingdom A term used to describe the southern United States in the mid-1800s, during the height of the cotton industry's dominance over the region.
· Louisiana Purchase A land deal between the United States and France in 1803, in which the U.S. acquired the Louisiana Te
itory for $15 million.
· Patriots A term used to describe American colonists who supported independence from Great Britain during the American Revolution.
· Paul Cuffe An African American businessman and activist who was active in the abolitionist movement and worked to improve the lives of free Black people in the U.S. in the early 19th century.
· Loyalists A term used to describe American colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution.
· Prince Hall An African American abolitionist and founder of the first Black Masonic organization in the U.S., known as the Prince Hall Masons.
· Sugar Act (1764) A law passed by the British Parliament that placed a tax on sugar and other goods imported to the American colonies.
· Phillis Wheatley An African American poet who was enslaved in Boston and became the first African American to publish a book of poetry in 1773.
· Lord Dunmore A British colonial governor who offered freedom to enslaved people who joined the British side during the American Revolution.
· Navigation Acts A series of laws passed by the British Parliament in the 17th and 18th centuries that regulated colonial trade and restricted competition with Great Britain.
· Revolutionary Philosophy The ideas and beliefs that inspired the American Revolution, including the principles of natural rights, popular sovereignty, and the right to rebel against unjust government.
· Townshend Act (1767) A series of laws passed by the British Parliament that placed taxes on various goods imported to the American colonies.
· John Woolman An American Quaker preacher and abolitionist who worked to end slavery in the British colonies in North America.
· William White An American bishop of the Episcopal Church who worked to improve the lives of enslaved people in the U.S. in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
· Salem Poor An African American soldier who fought in the American Revolution and was recognized for his
avery and heroism.
· AME Church The African Methodist Episcopal Church, a Protestant denomination founded in Philadelphia in 1816 by Richard Allen and other African American leaders.
· Slave Auction Block A platform or stand where enslaved people were publicly displayed and sold to the highest bidder.
· Richard Allen An African American abolitionist and founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
· Absalom Jones An African American abolitionist and founder of the Free African Society.
· Domestic Slave Trade The buying and selling of enslaved people within the United States, particularly in the southern states, during the 19th century.
· Benjamin Banneker An African American astronomer, mathematician, and surveyor who worked on the design and construction of Washington, D Slave Auction Block: A physical location where enslaved Africans were sold to the highest bidder during the transatlantic slave trade.
· Richard Allen: An African American preacher and founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME Church).
· Absalom Jones: An African American clergyman and founder of the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, the first Black Episcopal church in the United States.
· Domestic Slave Trade: The trade of enslaved people within the United States from the coastal slave markets to the cotton-growing regions of the Deep South.
· Benjamin Banneker: An African American scientist, mathematician, and astronomer who helped survey the layout of Washington, D.C.
· "Slave Codes": A series of laws passed by Southern states that defined the legal status of slaves and the rights of their owners.
· "House vs. Field Slave": A division of labor among enslaved people on a plantation, with "house slaves" working in the owner's house and "field slaves" working in the fields.
· New York African Free School: A school for Black children established in New York City in the late 1700s.
· "Slave Breeding": The practice of using enslaved people as a source of labor and as a means of producing new slaves.
· Treaty of Ghent: A peace treaty signed in 1814 that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain.
· 3/5 Compromise: A constitutional compromise that counted each enslaved person as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of representation in Congress.
· Stamp Act (1765): A British tax on paper goods in the American colonies that helped spark the American Revolution.
· War of 1812: A war fought between the United States and Great Britain from 1812-1815, largely over issues of trade and...