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Abolitionism –Movement to end slavery

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Blockade –When goods are prevented from going into or out of an area

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Boycott –A refusal to buy certain goods

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Federalism –A system of sharing power between the

states and national government

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Limited Government –everyone, even elected officials, must

obey the laws

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Mercantilism –Economic system in which England

controlled trade of the colonies

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Popular Sovereignty –government in which people have the

power

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Republicanism –the idea that government should be

based on the consent of the governed

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Suffrage – the right to vote

Suffrage – the right to vote

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Unalienable rights –right that the government cannot take away