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  • Branch that enforces laws.
    Executive Branch
  • the study of how people make, use, buy, sell, and manage goods, services, and resources.
    Economics
  • Branch that interprets laws.
    Judicial Branch
  • A system that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the others.
    Checks and Balances
  • Crops grown to be sold for profit, such as tobacco, rice, and indigo.
    Cash Crops
  • The belief that one race is superior or inferior to another.
    Racism
  • A country's plan and actions for dealing with other countries.
    Foreign Policy
  • To formally withdraw from a union, state, or country.
    Secede
  • A person who worked to end slavery.
    Abolistionist
  • An agreement in which each side gives up something to reach a solution.
    Compromise
  • Belief that Americans should expand westward.
    Manifest Destiny
  • Rules and traditions that are followed but not written down.
    Unwritten Constitution
  • Famous political cartoon encouraging colonial unity
    “Join or Die”Cartoon
  • The exchange of goods, plants, animals, and ideas between the Americas and the Eastern Hemisphere.
    Columbian Exchange
  • A change made to the Constitution.
    Amendment
  • A part of the Constitution that gives Congress flexibility to make needed laws.
    Elastic Clause
  • An economic system where colonies exist to make the mother country wealthier by providing resources and markets for trade.
    Mercantilism
  • Staying out of conflicts or wars and not taking sides.
    Nautrality
  • Officially sworn into office or formally begun.
    Inaugurated
  • Line limiting colonists from moving west of the Appalachians.
    Proclamation Line of 1763
  • Pride and loyalty toward your country and a belief that your nation's interests are important.
    Nationalism
  • Large farms that grew cash crops using many workers.
    Plantations
  • Branch that makes laws.
    Legislative Branch
  • Official approval of a law or document.
    ratification
  • The division of government power among different branches.
    Separation of Powers
  • The voyage that carried enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.
    Middle Passage
  • Refusing to buy or use goods or services as a form of protest.
    Boycott
  • The study of how people make, use, buy, sell, and manage goods, services, and resources.
    Economics
  • A person who agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for passage to America, food, and shelter.
    Indentured Servant
  • A group of advisors who help the president make decisions.
    Cabinet
  • A business owned by investors who share profits and risks.
    Joint-stock Company
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