Chapter Fuck You Flashcards
Centralize
to consolidate all of the political power under the control of one authority
Autonomy
the power or right of a country or ethnic group to govern itself.
Envoy
someone sent by a government to represent them, usually in another country
Monopoly
exclusive ownership or control of something. Spain’s monopoly on trade with the colonies meant that the colonies could not trade with anyone else.
Revenues
public income; money that is collected or paid into a government’s treasuries
Undermine
to gradually make someone or something weaker.
Abdicate
to give up the position of being a king or queen; to renounce the throne.
Capitalist
Anything or anyone related to capitalism.
Capitalism
an economic system in which property is owned by private persons or corporations instead of the government
Colonial past
an agreement that allows the dominant power and its colonies to share some of the government’s functions.
Commerce
transporting or receiving goods to be exchanged, bought, or sold; trade.
Parliament
an assembly in charge of creating or changing the laws of a region, nation, or empire
Representative government
A system in which the general population elects people to act or speak on their behalf in a parliament, Congress, etc.
Republicanism
Having to do with a form of government in which the head is not the monarch but rather is elected by the general population.
