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Chapter 5: Towns Get Started

Vocabulary:

  1. territory - a part of the United States not admitted as a state

  2. established - to begin or set up; create

  3. quarry - an open pit from which stone is gotten by digging, cutting, or blasting

  4. influence - the power to cause changes or have an effect by using direct force

  5. treaty - an official agreement between two or more countries, governments, or rulers

  6. reservation - land set apart by the government for a certain purpose

  7. homesteader - pioneer; settler

  8. opponent - a person who is against another in a fight, contest, or debate

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