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| The study of the past through artifacts, man made objects |
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| The study of the physical and man made features of the earth. |
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| A rebirth of learning started in Italy and France at the end of the Middle Ages. Helped cause the age of Exploration. |
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| A series of Holy wars for control of the Middle East. Introduced Europe to new exotic goods, knowledge, and Technology. Led to the age of exploration. |
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| Spanish Conquerors who created a Spanish Empire in the New World. |
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| Priests whose job was to spread the Christianity to the world. Often converted Native Americans forcibly. |
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| All water route through North America, does not exist. |
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| Trade, the use of money to exchange goods and services. |
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| The economic theory that colonies exist to benefit their mother country. |
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| A crop that is grown and sold to make a profit |
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| To allow or "to put up with" another group of peoples beliefs, often religions. |
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| Representative Government |
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| Government in which the citizens elect officials to make decisions for them. |
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| A law, ex Tea Act, Stamp Act |
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| Written request asking the government to change a law or act. |
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| Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Rights that you are born with and that a government is created to protect. |
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| To refuse to purchase a particular good or service with the purpose of protesting a law or act. |
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| Citizen soldiers who are trained to protect the community when needed. |
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| The written laws of the United States |
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| to make a deal between different parties where each party gives up part of their demand. |
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| The separation of a governments power between the State and National government. |
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| A change or addition to the Constitution. |
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| Division of the Federal Governments power between the 3 branches, Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. |
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| method in which the three branches of the federal government prevent each other from gaining too much power, ex Veto, impeachment, etc. |
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| a country in which the power rests with the citizens who for representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them. |
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| rule by many or the majority |
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| An example for others to follow. |
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| Guidelines for how a country interacts with other nations. |
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| A group of individuals with similar political beliefs that join together to increase their power. |
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| Belief that the US should control all land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. |
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| Land purchased from France in 1803 by Thomas Jefferson, it doubled the size of the US. |
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| the physical growth of the US |
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| the shift from a rural (country) population to an urban (City) population. |
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| The shift from a farming based economy to a factory or industrial based economy. |
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| the process of people moving into a country |
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| The creation of goods on a large scale in a factory made possible by interchangable parts and technology. |
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| Series of laws that controlled the lives of the slaves. |
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| To improve something that is wrong |
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| when people associated themselves with their state or part of the country rather than the entire nation. ex North and South in the Civil War. |
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| Majority Rule through vote. |
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| A war in which all aspects of life are involved in winning the conflict. |
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