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| Form of economic protest where citizens refuse to buy goods |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| A document explaining why the American colonists were breaking away from Great Britain. |
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| Authoritarian form of government with a single leader, usually maintaining power by force |
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| form of government with a single leader, usually maintaining power by force. |
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| Intellectual movement where philosophers applied reason and logical though to society. |
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| A system of managing society through law to maintain order. |
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| Enlighenment philosopher who wrote of natural rights and inspired the writers of the Declaration on Independence |
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| First document that limited the power of the monarch and granted some civil rights to nobles |
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| Form of governmetn with a king or queen as the central leader. Power is handed down through heredity |
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| Freedoms that all people are born with: life, liberty, and property, according to John Locke |
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| Form of government where citizens choose representatives to govern and create laws on their behalf. |
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| Explains an agreement between the government and its citizens. The government will protect natural rights, and the citizens will follow rule of law. |
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| A group of people that make laws. |
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| A ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial deceision in a later, similar case. |
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| A system of law based on precedent and custom |
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| A written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial governments; or a government document granting permission to organize a corporation |
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| An agreement, or contract, among a group of people. |
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| The theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys. |
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| A representative to a meeting. |
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| Self reliance and freedom from outside control. |
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| A detailed written plan for government |
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| A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses. |
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| A group of individuals or state governments. |
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| A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses. |
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| English policy of leaving the colonies alone as long as England got its tax revenue. |
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| Agreement between soutern and northern states. Every 5 slaves would count as 3 persons when determining population for representation in Congress. |
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| To make a change or addition. |
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| Group who opposed the ratification of the Constitution. They supported states' rights and individual liberties. |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| The United States' first plan for government |
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| Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise |
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| Created a body of electors to choose the president and vice president |
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| Electoral College Compromise |
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| Created a body of electors to choose the president and vice president |
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