| A | B |
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| representative government | larger groups are represented in government bodies by one person or a small group of people |
| population density | measurement of population per unit area |
| agriculture | science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products |
| indentured servant | people paid for their passage to the New World (Americas) by working for an employer for a certain number of years |
| cash crops | crop produced for sale rather than for use by the grower |
| plantation | a large farm |
| colonial era | development of the thirteen American colonies between 1620 and 1776 |
| colonization | act of setting up a colony away from one's place of origin |
| mercantilism | trade generates wealth |
| charter | document granting the right to settle a colony |
| civil disobedience | nonviolent protests; refusal to obey unjust laws |
| grievance | a wrong or other cause for complaint or protest |
| propoganda | ideas or information spread to harm or help a cause |
| tyranny | cruel and oppressive government or rule |
| oppression | prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control |
| tariff | tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports |
| alliance | partnership |
| revenue | incoming money from taxes or other sources |
| repeal | to cancel an act or law |
| boycott | refuse to buy/use things in order to show disapproval; or force acceptance of one's terms |
| mercenary | a hired soldier |
| blockade | keep a country from communicating and trading with other nations |
| siege | attempt to force surrender by blocking the movement of people/goods into or out of a place |
| ratify | to approve officially |
| ambush | attack in which the attacker hides and surprises the enemy. |
| amend | to change or revise |
| checks and balances | limits each branch of government by each other |
| compromise | to come to an agreement |
| bicameral legislature | two branches/chambers (senate & house) |
| unicameral legislature | one brance/chamber (senate or house) |
| delgates | representative for a U.S. territory |
| executive branch | enforcing laws (i.e. president) |
| legislative branch | passes laws (i.e. congress) |
| judicial branch | interprets laws (i.e. supreme court) |
| unalienable rights | life, liberty, pursuit of happiness (rights everyone is born with, can't be taken away) |
| seperation of powers | three branches sharing power |
| alliance | partnership |
| american system | policy of promoting industry in the U.S. by adoption of a high protective tariff and of developing internal improvements by the federal government |
| debt | something that is owed or due |
| domestic | inside a particular country |
| doctrine | a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a church, political party, or other group |
| embargo | an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity) |
| foreign policy | government's strategy in dealing with other nations |
| impressments | act in which men are captured and forced into naval service |
| interentionism | governmental interference in economic affairs at home or in political affairs of another country |
| isolationism | policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries |
| nationalism | patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts |
| neutrality | not supporting or helping either side in a conflict |
