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  1. 4. a political group in the late 18th century who opposed the creation of a stronger federal government and the ratification of the 1787 Constitution
  2. 5. a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, primarily caused by British practices like "impressment"
  3. 6. violent protest against a new tax on distilled spirits and the stills that produced them.
  4. 8. a diplomatic incident between the United States and France that occurred in 1797 and 1798 during the presidency of John Adams
  5. 10. proposed a strong central government composed of three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
  6. 15. an agreement made during the drafting of the US Constitution where enslaved people were counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state's population for representation in Congress
  7. 17. authority of the federal courts to declare that actions by the federal or state government violate the Constitution.
  8. 18. "Give me liberty or give me death'
  9. 19. foreign policy statement made by President James Monroe in 1823 that outlined the United States' role in the Western Hemisphere and its relationship with Europe:
  10. 20. a tax or fee imposed on imported goods to protect domestic industries from foreign competitio
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  1. 1. written in 1812 and limited the power of the king
  2. 2. The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were both written in this state
  3. 3. the belief in manifest destiny, federally issued Indian removal acts, and economic promise
  4. 7. signed on February 2, 1848, in the Mexican city of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican-American War:
  5. 9. someone who believes in the type of political system in which states or territories share control with a central government.
  6. 11. government of a country by its own people, especially after having been a colony
  7. 12. The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France, doubling the size of the country.
  8. 13. led the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, helped create the U.S. Constitution, and served as the first president of the United States.
  9. 14. the first constitution of the United States, establishing the country's national government after the American Revolution:
  10. 16. known as Revolutionaries, Continentals, Rebels, or Whigs, were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who opposed the Kingdom of Great Britain's control