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A tax on imports.
Duty
To sail around.
Period when early peoples learned how to plant and raise crops.
Agricultural Revolution
Large public meeting for preaching and praying.
Revival
A change to the constitution.
Amendment
A feeling of confidence or enthusiasm.
Morale
An economic slowdown.
Recession
A colony owned by an individual.
Proprietary Colony
A device used to determine direction, latitude, and local time.
Astrolabe
Philosophy that emphasizes the role of logic and reason in gaining knowledge.
Rationalism
Circular ceremonial room built by the Anasazi.
Kiva
The loss of value of money.
Inflation
Government subject to the will of the people.
Popular Sovereignty
An individual who contracts to work for a colonist for a specified number of years in exchange for transportation to the colonies, food, clothing, and shelter.
Indentured Servant
Sailing ship capable of long-distance exploration.
Caravel
The theory that a state's power depends on its wealth.
Mercantilism
A gathering of free men in a New England town to elect leaders, which developed into the local town government.
Town Meeting
A tax on imports and exports.
Customs Duty
Political system in which power is divided between the national and state governments.
Federalism
A pledge by merchants not to by imported goods from a particular source.
Nonimportation Agreement
Movement in the 1700's that stressed an individual's religiousness and an emotional union with God.
Pietism
A search warrant enabling customs officers to enter any location to look for evidence of smuggling.
Writ of Assistance
Form of government in which power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote.
Republic
Committee organized in each colony to communicate with and unify the colonies.
Committee of Correspondence
Government principle in which power is divided among different branches.
Separation of Powers