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The American Revolution
The American Revolution helped America gain Independence |
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The war between the American colonies and Great Britain (1775-1783), leading to the formation of the independent United States
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Bastille
Bastille was a way for prisioners to escape |
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| medieval fortress used as a prison; french angry mob broke into it and killed the guards, releasing the prisoners, but found no weapons [image] |
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Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre killed 5 people |
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| British army soldiers open fired on a protesting crowd, killing 5 civilian men (March 5, 1770) [image] |
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Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party wasted 1 million dollars on tea |
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| A political protest against the tax policy of the British government that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies (Dec. 1773) [image] |
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Bourgeoisie
Bourgeoisie was a great person |
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| the middle class; part of the Third Estate [image] |
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Checks and Balances
Checks and Balances assures that one branch does ot have all of the power
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| from Montesquieu, a fundamental democratic principle of American government which ensures that one branch does not accumulate too much power [image] |
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Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence got approved by Britian |
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| An act of the Second Continental Congress, adopted on July 4, 1776, which declared that the Thirteen Colonies in North America were "Free and Independent States" and that "all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and thought to be totally dissolved." [image] |
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Estate-General
Estate-General is made up of represenatives |
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| the legislative body consisting of representatives of the three estates [image] |
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Executive
The president is part of the Executive |
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| the part of a government that makes sure decisions and laws work well [image] |
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Federal Republic
The Federal Republic seperates power between the fed and states |
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| Created in the U.S. Constitution, it divides the power between the federal (or national) government and the states [image] |
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French Revolution
French Revolution is about the French's wars and leaders |
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| the anticlerical (anti-power of the clergy) and republican revolution in France from 1789 until 1799, when Napoleon seized power [image] |
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Judicial
Judges are part of Judicial |
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| relating to the law, judges, or their decisions [image] |
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Judicial Review
Judicial Review gives power to the supreme court |
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| Power of courts to review decisions of another department or level of government [image] |
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Legislature
The Congress is part of the Legislative branch. |
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| an institution that has the power to make or change laws [image] |
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Limited Power
The US is Limited Power |
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| a type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed, limited, and restricted by law [image] |
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Louis XVI
Louis XVI was a french ruler |
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| well-meaning but weak and indecisive French ruler who inherited the throne deeply in debt; summoned the Estates-General together for the first time in 175 yrs, where citizens aired grievances and ultimately created the National Assembly [image] |
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National Assembly
National Assembly was created by delegates |
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| created by the disgruntled delegates of the french Third Estate, joined by reform-minded clergy and nobles [image] |
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Popular sovereignty
Popular sovereignty gives people power |
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| all government power comes from the people [image] |
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Separation of Powers
The US has Separation of Powers |
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| division of governmental authority among the three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial branch. The US Constitution uses this principle in setting up the presidency, the Congress, and the courts [image] |
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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act helped the British recover |
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| a law passed by the British Parliament requiring all publications and legal and commercial documents in the American colonies to bear a tax stamp (1765) [image] |
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Tennis Court Oath
Tennis Court Oath was where a constitution was established |
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| when the new National Assembly was locked out of their meeting hall, they assembled in a nearby tennis court, where they swore to meet until a Constitution was established [image] |
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Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris ended the revolutionary war |
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| American, French, and British diplomats signed this treaty that ended the Revolutionary war and Britain recognized the independence of the United States of America (1783) [image] |
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U.S. Constitution
U.S. Constitution definded the system of government |
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| document that replaced the Articles of Confederation, defined the system of government in the newly established America and contains additional amendments when ratified (1787) [image] |
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Yorktown, Virginia
Yorktown, Virginia is where the british surrendered |
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| Where G. Washington forces the surrender of the British army, thereby ending the American Revolutionary war (1781) [image] |
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