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| The American Revolution was a political chaos which took place between 1765 and 1783. |
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| war between the American colonies and Great Britain leading to American independence [image] |
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| The bastille was a fortress in Paris. |
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| medieval fortress used as a prison, french mob broke into and killed guards, but found no weapons[image] |
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| The Boston Massacre was an event that occured on March 5, 1770. |
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british army soldiers open fires on a protesting crowd, killing 5 men
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| The Boston Tea Party was an important protest. |
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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)
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| Bourgeoisie were not very important people in that time period. |
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the middle class; part of the 3rd estate
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| Checks and Balances created equality for the government. |
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principle of American government which ensures that one branch doesn't get too much power
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| The final agreement which declared independence was the Declaration of Independence. |
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an act of the Second Continental Congress, adopted on July 4, 1776, which declared that the 13 colonies were "Free and independent states" and that "all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally d[image]issolved"
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| The Estates-General of 1789 was the first meeting since 1614. |
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the legislative body consisting of representatives of the three estates
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| The executive branch has an important role in the government. |
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the part of a government that makes sure decisions and laws work well
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| The citizens of the federal republic elect their own representatives to lead them. |
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created in the U.S. Constitution, it divides the power between the federal (or national) government and the states
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| The French Revolution is a period in the history of France. |
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the anticlerical and republican revolution in France from 1789-1799, when Napoleon seized power
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| Courts with judicial power tries all cases that involve the government. |
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relating to the law, judges, or their decisions
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| Judicial review is a process in which other branches are reviewed by. |
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power of courts to review decisions of another department or level of government
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| The legislature of a government, makes laws. |
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an institution that has the power to make or change laws
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| The government has limited power so citizens can feel equal. |
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a type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed, limited, and restricted by law
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| Louis XVI was a French ruler in the 1700's. |
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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 years, where citizens aired grievances and ultimately created the National Assembly
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| The National Assembly was a revolutionary assembly formed by the common people. |
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created by the disgruinted delegates of the french 3rd estate, joined by reform-minded clergy nobles
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| Popular Sovereignty allowed citizens to have full power. |
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all government power comes from the people
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| The separation of powers allowed the government to be equally divided into three parts. |
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division of governmental authority among the three branches of government, the US Constitution uses this pronciple in setting up the presidency, congress, and courts
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| The stamp act didn't let people buy things without a stamp. |
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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
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| The third estate made the Tennis Court Oath on June 20, 1789. |
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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
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| The Treaty of Paris was signed in Paris on September 3, 1783. |
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American, French, and British diplomats signed this treaty that ended the Revolutionary war and Britain recognized the independence of the US (1783)
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| The US Constitution is the supreme law of the United States. |
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document that replaced the Articles of Confederation, defined the system if government in the newly established America and contains additional amendments when ratified (1787)
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| 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War. |
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where George Washington forces the surrender of the British army, thereby ending the American Revolutionary war (1781)
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