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February 2

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Definition
Mercantilism   the theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys  
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Magna Carta   a document that protected nobles' privaleges and upheld authority  
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Paliament   the British legislature  
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Common Law   a system of law based on precedent and customs  
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Suffrage   the right to vote  
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Mayflower Compact   a written planof rules to govern the new land  
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Limited Government   gov't is not all powerful-it may do only those things that people have given it the power to do  
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Republic   any representative gov't headed by a president or similar leader  
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Stamp Act   required colonists to attach expensive stamps toall newspapers and legal documents  
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Declaration of Independence   signed on July 4, 1776 declared independence  
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Navigation Acts   English trade laws during the 1600 and 1700  
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Common Sense   A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine urging independence  
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Albany Plan   Ben Franklin wanted the colonies to work together as a union  
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John Peter Zenger   Publisher whose trial let to freedom of the press  
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Salutary Neglect   Britain did not enforce the navigation acts  
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Triangular Slave Route   the pattern of how slaves were traded for product  
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Middle Passage   Route slaves were taken on  
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Favorable Balance of Trade   always want to sell more than you buy  
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Proprietary Colonies   colonies governed by one or more people with full governing rights  
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House of Burgesses   Assembley of representatives in colonial VA  
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Social Contract Theory   belief that a persons moral obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement between them and society  
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English Bill of Rights   act declaring rights of a subject and succession of the crown  
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Writs of Assistance   British soldiers did not need a search warrant to go through colonists houses  
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Proclomation of 1763   No more settlers in Indian Territory allowed  
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Sons of liberty   Secret gathering of people who opposed the stamp act  
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Nationalism   Devotion and loyalty to own country  
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