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16 Cards in this Set
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feudalism
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a social system based on rigid social and political hierarchy based on ownership of land
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slavery
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the ownership of one people by another
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French and Indian War
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a war fought between France and England, and allied Indians, from 1754 to 1763, France expulled from new world
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popular sovereignty
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the concept that the citizens are the ultimate source of political power
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Common Sense
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1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine that persuades Americans to support revolutionary crisis
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D of I
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the political document that dissolved the colonial ties between the US and Britain
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constitution
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rules that establish a government
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Articles of Confederation
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the first constitution of the US creating an association of states with weak central government
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confederation
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a govt in which independent states unite for common purpose, but retain their own sovereignty
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popular tyranny
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unrestrained power of the people
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Shay's Rebellion
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a grassroots uprising (1787) by armed MA farmers protesting foreclosures
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Constitutional Convention
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assembly of 55 delegates summer of 1787 to recast the A of C; resulted in Constitution
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federalism
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a political system in which power is divided between the central and regional units
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Anti-Federalists
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advocate of states' rights who opposed the constitution
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ratification
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the process by which a proposal is formally approved and adopted to vite
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factions
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groups of citizens united by some common passion of interest and opposed to the rights of other citizens or to the interests of a whole community
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