Vocabulary Practice
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| Religious Tolerance | Meaning there would be no established, or official church; people of all faiths could worship as they see fit.
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| Revenue | Income
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| Agricultural Expansion | conversion of new land into agricultural use
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| Representative Government | A system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them
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| Self-government | A system of government in which people make their own laws.
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| Salutary Neglect | An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies
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| Cash-crop | Agricultural production, often on a large scale, of crops for sale in the market, rather than for consumption by the farmers themselves
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| Profitability | the amount of money that can be made from the sale of a product
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| Town Hall Meetings | [Meetings] in Massachusetts which white, land-owning, male, church members made decisions.
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| Persecution | mistreatment or punishment of a group of people because of their beliefs
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| Refuge | a shelter or sanctuary
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| Dissenting | A statement written by a justice who disagrees with the majority opinion
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| Social Contract | A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules.
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| Push/pull factor | Reasons why people leave or go to a country
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| First Great Awakening | Religious revival movement during the 1730s and 1740s; stressed the need for individuals to repent and urged a personal understanding of truth
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| Mercantilism | Economic policy that focuses on making $ for the mother country. It favors a positive balance of trade for the mother country and the accumulation of gold and silver
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| Grievances | A complaint or resentment. (Against something or someone)
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| Unalienable Rights | These rights are fundamental or natural rights guaranteed to people naturally instead of by the law. They include life
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| Civil Disobedience | A form of political participation that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences.
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| Civic Virtue | qualities that add to a healthy democracy
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| Ratification | Formal approval
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| Provision | provided or serving only for the time being; temporary
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| Due Process | (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles
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| Judicial Review | Allows the court to determine the constitutionality of laws
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| Surveillance | (n.) a watch kept over a person; careful
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| Civic Duty | the idea that citizens have a responsibility to help their country
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| Domestic Problems | problems within their own country
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| Debt | an obligation to pay or do something
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| Political Parties | organization that tries to influence gov. policy by promoting its ideas and backing candidates for office
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| Foreign Policy | A nation's overall plan for dealing with other nations
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