| A | B |
|---|
| Imports | goods coming into port to be sold in the nation |
| Exports | goods shipped out of the nation to be sold |
| Mercantilism | economic system limiting trade with controlling country |
| Triangular Trade | trade between Africa, England, Europe, West Indies, and colonies including slaves |
| Free Enterprise | an economic system in which you trade with anyone |
| Subsistence Farming | growing enough to take care of the family |
| Plantation Farming | using slavery to grow crops |
| Abundance | more than enough of something |
| Tyranny | leader that rules with cruel and unusual punishment |
| Patriot | colonist who sided with the rebels (Americans) in the American Revolution |
| Loyalist | colonist who supported the British in the American Revolution |
| Boycott | refusal to buy or sale a particular product or item |
| Sons of Liberty | secret society to oppose British during the American Revolution |
| Stamp Act | tax on documents and legal work |
| Boston Massacre | clash between colonists and British soldiers which lead to the death of 5 colonists |
| "No Taxation without Representation" | slogan of the American Revolution |
| Parliament | England's chief law-making body (Congress) |
| Continental Congress | governing body making decisions to ban all trade with England until Intolerable Acts are repealed |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | set up the townships and how the land was going to be sold |
| Northwest Ordinance | how a territory would become a state |
| Shay's Rebellion | farmers' uprising after their request for debt relief was denied |
| Virginia Plan | called for a federal government divided into 3 branches |
| Articles of Confederation | first government that gives power to the states |
| 3/5 Compromise | solved the issue of how slaves would be counted in the population |
| Federalist | supporters of the ratification of the Constitution |
| Anti-Federalist | people who opposed ratification of the Constitution |
| Federalist Papers | a series of essays written and published to explain why the Constitution was necessary |
| Ratify | to approve |
| Compromise | both sides in disagreement give up some of what they want to reach an agreement |
| Delegates | people chosen to represent others |
| Veto | President's right to disapprove a law |
| Amend | correct or change |
| Majority | more than half |
| Judicial Review | allows the Supreme Court to decide if any law is unconstitutional |
| Elastic Clause | allows future generations to expand the meaning of the Constitution |
| Tariff | tax on imported goods |
| Neutral | not siding with one country or the other |
| Foreign Policy | relations with the governments of other countries |
| Isolationism | separated from others, like people, states, and countries |
| States Rights | states have the right to judge when the federal government has passed an unconstitutional law |
| Political Party | group of people that tries to promote its ideas and influence government |
| Unconstitutional | something that contradicts the law of the Constitution |
| Radicals | a person who takes an extreme political position |
| Impressment | the act of seizing by force |
| Embargo Act | American ships were no longer allowed to sail to foreign ports nor British ships to American ports |
| Nationalism | a feeling of pride, loyalty, and protectiveness toward one's country |
| Monroe Doctrine | states that we have allies, colonization is not allowed in the western hemisphere, and we will stay our of European affairs |
