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| to separate an official state church from its connection with the government |
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| an article of personal or movable property; hence a term applied to slaves, since they were considered the personal property of their owners |
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| an advocate of the end of slavery |
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| speculators (speculation) |
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| those who buy property, goods, or financial instruments not primarily for use but in anticipation of profitable resale after a general rise in value |
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| to make a smaller territory or political unit part of a larger one |
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| a demand for something issued on the basis of public authority |
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| the minimum number of persons who must be present in a group before it can conduct valid business |
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| the theory that formal government is unnecessary and wrong in principle; the term is also used generally for lawlessness or antigovernmental disorder |
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| referring to a legislative body with two houses |
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| referrring to a legislative body with one house |
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| an official count of population; in the United States, the federal census occurs every ten years |
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| concerning public finances -- expenditures and revenues |
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| the appropriation or taking on of obligations not originally one's own |
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| a tax on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of certain products |
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| arbitrary or tyrannical rule |
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| to force people or property into public service without choice; conscript |
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| the merging of diverse cultures or peoples into one |
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| an agreement or covenant between states to perform some legal act |
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| in American politics, the assertion that a state may legally invalidate a federal act deemed inconsistent with its rights or sovereignty |
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| a political official during the time he or she remains in office after a defeat or inability to seek another term, and whose power is therefore diminished |
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| a formal legal document ordering or prohibiting some act |
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| in law and government, a decision or action that establishes a santioned rule for determining similar cases in the future |
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| compulsory enrollment of men and women into the armed forces |
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| the simultaneous firing of all guns on one side of a ship |
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| a government order prohibiting commerce in or out of a port |
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