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Important Vocabulary

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show is an economic theory that a country’s strength is measured by the amount of gold it has, that a country should sell more than it buys and that the colonies exist for the benefit of the Mother Country.  
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Abolitionist   show
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show a tax on goods brought into a country.  
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Protective Tariff   show
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Sectionalism   show
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show the belief that the United States should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.  
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show a campaign against the sale or drinking of alcohol.  
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show a system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them.  
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Republic   show
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show the first representative assembly in the new world.  
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Three Branches of Government   show
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Checks and Balances   show
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Free Enterprise   show
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Federalism   show
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show a system in which each branch of government has it’s own powers.  
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show the practice of allowing each territory to decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery.  
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show means to change.  
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show rights that cannot be given up, taken away or transferred. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, are some of those rights.  
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Tyranny   show
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show a form of government that is run for and by the people, giving people the supreme power.  
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Ratify   show
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show the right of the Supreme Court to judge laws passed by Congress and determine whether they are constitutional or not.  
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show the refusal to obey a government law or laws as a means of passive resistance because of one’s moral conviction or belief.  
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show supporters of the Constitution who favored a strong national government.  
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Antifederalists   show
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Nullification   show
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show the original records of an event. They include eyewitness reports, records created at the time of an event, speeches, and letters by people involved in the event, photographs and artifacts.  
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show the later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. Often secondary sources, like textbooks and articles, provide summaries of information found in primary sources.  
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Republicanism   show
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Industrial Revolution   show
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