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APUSH Unit 2 Vocab

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Definition
Domestic   concerning the internal affairs of a country  
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Magistrate   a judge who has limited authority to hear certain issues  
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Mutinous   refusing to obey the orders of a person in authority  
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Guerilla Warfare   irregular military actions (such as harassment or sabotage) carried out by small independent forces  
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Buffer   a small territory or state between two larger, antagonistic powers and intended to minimize the possibly of conflict between them  
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Siege   a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside  
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Flotilla   a fleet of ships  
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Insurrection   a violent uprising against an authority or government  
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Mercantilism   an economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism  
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Depreciate   to decrease in value  
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Protective Tariffs   taxes placed on imported goods, often to raise prices and thus protect domestic producers  
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Admiralty Courts   courts held outside of the colonies in which they had no jury, held the burden of proof, and were considered guilty until proven innocent  
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Virtual Representation   a theory proposed by Greenville stating that every member of parliament represented every British citizen, even the colonists  
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Non-importation Agreement   agreement to not import certain goods  
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Duty   a customs tax on the export or import of goods  
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Propaganda   advertisements that tried to promote democracy, national unity, and the integration of immigrants  
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Boycott   a groups organized refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest  
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Mercenary   a professional soldier who serves in foreign army for pay  
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Indictment   a formal written accusation charging someone with a crime  
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Envoy   a messenger or agent sent by a government on official business  
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Rabble   a mass of disorderly and crude common people  
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Arsenal   a place for making or storing weapons and ammunition  
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Hereditary   passed down from generation to generation  
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Privateer   a private vessel temporarily authorized to capture or plunder enemy ships in wartime  
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Graft   taking advantage of ones official position to gain money or property by illegal terms  
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Disestablish   to separate an official state church from its connection with the government  
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Emancipation   antislavery / freeing slaves  
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Chattel   a system of bondage in which as slaves have legal status of property and so can be bought or sold like property  
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Abolitionist   the movement in opposition to slavery, often demanding immediate, uncompensated, emancipation of all slaves  
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Annex   to take over territory and incorporate it into another political entity, a country or state  
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Foreclosure   deprive someone of the right to redeem mortgaged property because the legal payments on the loan have not been kept up  
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Quorum   the minimum number of persons who must be present in a group before it can conduct valid business  
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Bicameral   referring to a legislative body with two houses  
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