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early republic
key terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Domestic policy | A governments plan and actions that affect people and events inside a country |
| Foreign policy | A government's strategy for dealing with other countries. |
| Political party | A group of people who share similar ideas about how the government should work. |
| Manufacture | to make by machine in a large quantity |
| Neutral | Not taking any side in an argument or contest |
| Commerce | the buying and selling of goods or services (in other words, trade or business) |
| Alien | someone who lives in a country who is not a citizen of that country |
| sedition | actions or speech h intended or serving to create rebellion against a government |
| impressment | The practice of forcing people to serve (be apart of ) the military. Britain would force American sailors to serve in the British Navy to help meet the demand for sailors |
| deport | To make a person leave a country |
| embargo | A government order that restricts trade or the shipment of goods (usually to another country) |
| backfire | To have results that are the opposite of what one wanted |
| plummet | to fall down very sharply and quickly |
| pinch | an instance or condition of great need or emergency |