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incomplete and sometimes false assumptions we form about individuals, groups, or countries due to personal bias and/or unequal power relations.

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Single Story

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the political, economic, geographic, and social situations that influence the events during a particular time period

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historical context

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a first-hand original account, record, or evidence, about a person, place, object, or an event; often reflect the individual viewpoint of a participant or oberserver

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primary source

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an account, records, or evidence taken from an original or primary source and are weitten or prodeuced after the fact

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secondary source

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understnading people in the past by examining their actions without the bias of modern thinking; the ability to share a historical figure’s lived experience to gain a better understanding of that person, time period, or event.

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historical empathy

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a new settlement or territory established and governed by a mother country in another land

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colony

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the way a society organizes the manufacture and exchange of things of value, such as money, food, products, and services.

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economy

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area of land that has common features and characteristics

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region

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a contract, from the King of England, which allowed its people to live in the colony with varying degrees of control by King.

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charter

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a governing body in which at least one half of the members are elected by members of the colony

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colonial legislature

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the unjust or unfair use of government power; a ruler who uses power this way is a tyrant

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tyranny

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an amount of money that a government requires people to pay that is used to pay for the things done by the government

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tax

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to formally pass or approve a law, prolicy, contract or an agreement

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ratify

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to take back or cancel a law

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repeal

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a violent action in opposition to a government or law

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revolt

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a formal written request typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority with repect to a particular cause.

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petition

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a colonist whofelt a deep loyalty to Great Britain and its cause

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loyalist

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a colonist who had a deep loyalty to the American colonies, not Great Britain

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patirot

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a peaceful form of political protest against certain laws or taxes

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civil disobedience

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to refuse to biy one or more goods from a certain source

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boycott

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a tax charged on good when they are imported (brought in) from another country, like Great Britain

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duty

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when one country or company controls ALL of the supply of a good or resource

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monopoly

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cannot be violated or taken away

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unalienable rights

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taking one’s power without any right to do so

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usurpation

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the exercise of absoltue power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way

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despotism

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something that is the opposite of or is much different from something else

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contradiction

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a standard of perfection or excellence, often taken as a model for imitation

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ideal

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agreement among them emebers of a society to cooperate for common social benefits

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Social Contract

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hypothetical conditions of what the lives of people might have been like before societies came into exitance

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state of nature

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the authority or power of a state or person to govern itself or another state

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sovereignty

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a system of government in which a single person possesses supreme and absolute power

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autocratic

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system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting

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democratic

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a system of government whrre indivdual states have more power than the national government and givern independently, but combine for common purposes, like defense

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confederate government

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United States’ written plan that provides the framework of our national government

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constitution

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not agreeing with the constitution

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unconstitutional

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a form of government where the people hold the power by electing representatives to speak for the people

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republic

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the idea that the government’s power comes form the people

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popular sovereignty

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a governemental system that shares power between the federal and state government

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federalism

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a constitutional principle that divides the functions of government among three branches, legislative, executive, and judicial, to prefevent any one branck from gaining too much power

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seperation of powers

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the power of the supreme court to decide whether laws made by the legislative and executive branches as well as the states are constitutional.

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judicial review

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the belief that it was America’s roght and duty to spread across the North American continent; “obvious fate”

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manifest destiny

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a region of ;and; a region designated by Congres and organized by a governor

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territory

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unexplored wilderness at the edge of the country

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frontier

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a formally ratidied agreement between countries

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treaty

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the refusal to accept something or the attempt to prevent something by action or arguement

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resistance

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the art of conductiong negotiations with other countries

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diplomacy

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intrusion into a person’s property, territory or rights

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encroachment

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to use someone or something, usually selfishly or for profit or benefit

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exploit

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governmental policies
-laws, acts, treaties, orders
war and conflict
-leaders and international organizations
alliances and strategies
activists and protests
military

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political

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currency and money
employment and jobs
housing and transportation
trading and exchanging
-stock market
industry
resources
lands and farmings

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economic

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climate
weather
territory
natural resources
natural landscape
adapting and/pr modifying land
vegitation
animals

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geographic

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societal norms and values
stigmas and stereotypes
gender
age
race
recreational activities and hobbies
culture
- language
- religion and belief systems
-traditions
-food

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social

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