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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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Tariff   show
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Protective Tariff   show
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show a strong sense of loyalty to a state or section instead of to the whole country.  
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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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Temperance Movement   show
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show a system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them.  
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show a nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them.  
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House of Burgesses   show
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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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show the sharing of power between the states and the national government.  
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Separation of Powers   show
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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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Amend   show
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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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show to approve by vote.  
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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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Civil Disobedience   show
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Federalists   show
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show people opposed to the Constitution, preferring more power be given to the state governments than to the national government.  
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show the idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal.  
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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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