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The NR Cards Flashcards

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Speculation

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Assuming business risk for potential financial gain

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Advocate

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One who defends a cause

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Inflation

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A rise in price due to an increase in volume of money and credit

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Self-incrimination

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Giving testimony that will lead to one’s criminal prosecution

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Explicit

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Leaving no question as to meaning or intent

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Prudence

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Skill and good judgment in all affairs

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Strenuous

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Vigorously active

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Aloofness

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Removed or distant either physically or emotionally

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Prominent

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Widely and popularly known

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Fabrication

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A lie or falsehood

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Subversive

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An attempt to overthrow the government by secretly working from w/in

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Corruption

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Dishonest or illegal behavior

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Federalist

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An advocate of the strong national government and Constitution

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Ratify

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To approve and sanction formally

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Census

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A count of the population to determine representation

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Sovereignty

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Supreme power over another political body

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Judiciary

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A system of courts of law

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Bicameral

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A government w/ two legislatures

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Encumbrance

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A large burden

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Unicameral

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A government w/ one legislature

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Popular Sovereignty

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The idea that people were the highest authority

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Exasperating

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To cause irritation or annoyance

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Pragmatic

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Relating to practical affairs

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Quota

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A proportional part or share

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Primogeniture

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A right of inheritance due to being the first born son

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Repugnance

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Strong dislike or distaste

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Emancipation

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To free from bondage

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Chattel

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Another word for slaves, implying that they’re things and not people

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Ramifications

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A branched structure

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Indignation

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Anger aroused by something unjust

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Ferocity

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Do something w/ extreme intensity

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Fence-sitter

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Colonist who didn’t believe strongly for or against freedom

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Patriot

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Colonist who believed America should be free of Great Britain

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Loyalist

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Colonist who remained loyal to Great Britain and King George

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Anonymously

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Not named or identified

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Brethren

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Referring to members of a society

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Quandary

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A state of doubt

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Zealous

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Filled w/ eagerness and passionate about an idea

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Abject

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Showing hopelessness and resignation

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Radical

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Very different from the traditional

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Compliance

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Yielding to someone’s command

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Supremacy

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Having supreme authority and power

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Iconic

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Widely recognized and established

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Circumvented

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To manage to get around by strategy

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Plethora

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In excess or abundance

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Unanimously

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Having the agreement and consent of all

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Nationalism

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Developing a sense of a nation, and that the needs of the nation are greater than the individual’s needs

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Encroaching

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To advance beyond usual or proper limits

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Pious

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Showing reverence and dedication to one language

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Lucrative

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Producing much wealth

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Incentive

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Something that spurs people to action

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Submission

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An act of submitting to the authority of another

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Superstition

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An irrational attitude toward the supernatural

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Mercantilism

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The practice of having colonies to enrich the mother country

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Dogmatic

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Treating opinions as if they are absolute facts

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Tyrant

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An absolute ruler who abuses his power

57
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Turmoil

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A state of being extremely confused or agitated

58
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Why was the Revolutionary War a problem for Indigenous American tribes.

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Many tribes allied themselves w/ the British

59
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What did antifederalists believe the Constitution was lacking

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Protection for individual rights

60
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What was the job of the 2nd Continental Congress.

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To form a Continental army

61
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What happen at the Boston Massacre

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The first blood was shed between British so.diners and an American Mon

62
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What was the Virginia Plan

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Each state would be represented by a number of representatives based on its population

63
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How did the American Revolution impact other countries

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It encouraged other countries that wanted to be free like Haiti

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What was a name for supporters of the Constitution

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Federalists

65
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Why did France come into conflict w/ Great Britain in the early 1700s

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French settlers claimed land that the British believed they claimed

66
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How did the state governments develop after the colonies gained independence

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Each state developed its own government w/ its own Constitution

67
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What happened to slaves as a result of the Revolutionary War

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Some slaves were freed by the British

68
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What allowed the colonies to become more financially independent from Great Britain

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Extensive smuggling networks

69
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How did the national capital move to Washington DC

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It was a part of a political compromise

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