jefferson era
Terms
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- laissez-faire
- policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy
- customs duties
- taxes on foreign imported goods
- judicial review
- the right of the supreme court to determine if a law violates the constitution
- conestoga wagon
- sturdy vehicle topped with white canvas and used by pioneers to move west
- secede
- to leave or withdraw
- tribute
- money paid for protection
- neutral rights
- the right to sail the seas and not take sides in a war
- impressment
- forcing people into service, as in the navy
- embargo
- an order prohibiting trade with another country
- War Hawks
- Republicans during Madison's presidency who pressed for war with Britain
- nationalism
- loyalty to a nation and promotion of its interests above all others
- frigate
- warship
- privateer
- armed private ship