New Republic Vocabulary

Forcing people into service as in naval service

• Slavery

• Indentured Servants

• Impressment

• Foreign Policy

An act that prohibits all import and exports from all countries

• Embargo

• Excise Tax

• Tariff

• Isolationist

A group of Advisors to the President

• Secretaries

• Congress

• Senate

• Cabinet

Individual people and the government control the economy; people decide what to make, sell, and buy

• Capitalism

• Free Enterprise System

• Joint Stock Company

• Mercantilism

An act or decision that sets an example for others to follow.

• Precedent

• Criterion

• Model

• Authority

Decisions and actions of the president and the government that affect the United States

• Foreign Policy

• Federalist Policy

• Domestic Policy

• Impressment

Loyalty to a nation and promotion of its interests above all others

• Patriotism

• Imperalism

• Alliances

• Nationalism

Legally overturn

• Nullify

• Void

• Repell

• Neutralizer

A tax on the production or sale of a product

• Import Tax

• Excise Tax

• Export Tax

• Tea Tax

Position of not taking sides in a conflict

• Impartiality

• Fair Minded

• Objectivity

• Neutrality