Fill in the Blank. Select the term that best completes the sentence. A. The sought to prevent states with high slave populations from dominating the House of Representatives. B. In his pamphlet , Thomas Paine argued for the colonies' independence from Great Britain. C. The was a warning to European nations not to interfere in the Americas. D. The was unique because it was the first example of colonial European self-government in northeastern North America. E. The Navigation Acts were designed to promote British trade with the colonies at the expense of colonial trade with the French and Spanish. This practice best exhibits . F. The doubled the size of the United States, and cleared the way for the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Missouri Compromise American System three-fifths compromise mercantilism Imperialism Manifest destiny Mayflower Compact Intolerable Acts Northwest Territory Olive Branch Petition Declaration of Independence Louisiana Purchase Monroe Doctrine Common Sense