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| 1. The American Revolution was what made the united states independent. |
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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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| 2. Bastille is known as prisons that still exsist today. |
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midieval fortress used as a prison; french angry mob broke into it and killed the guards, releasing the prisoners, but found no weapons
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3.Boston Massacre started because of an arguement.
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British army soldiers open fired on a protesting crowd, killing 5 civilian men (March 5, 1770)
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| 4. Boston Tea Party threw 3 chests of tea to the ocean. |
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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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the middle class; part of the Third Estate
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| 6. Checks and Balances is what makes sure that each government does not get more 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
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7. Declaration of Independence was created by Thomas Jefferson
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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 ought to be totally dissolved.
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| 8. Estate-General is a meeting with representatives. |
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the legislative body consisting of representatives of the three estates
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| 9. Executive is what makes sure that the laws make snese and are agreable |
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the part of a government that makes sure decisions and laws work well
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| 10. Federal Republic is what divides the powers of the goverenments. |
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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 anticlerical (anti-power of the clergy) and republican revolution in France from 1789 until 1799, when Napoleon seized power
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| 12. Judicial is when judges make decisions. |
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relating to the law, judges, or their decisions
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| 13. Judicial Review is when the governement review decisions to see if they make sense. |
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Power of courts to review decisions of another
department or level of government
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Legislature has power to change laws.
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an institution that has the power to make or change laws
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15. limited power is when the goverenment as limited power for laws.
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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 weak and well meaning person
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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
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National Assembly was created for meetings
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created by the disgruntled delegates of the french
Third Estate, joined by reform-minded clergy and
nobles
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Popular sovereignty is power that comes from the citizens.
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all government power comes from the people
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Separation of Powers is what the goverenment made to have different power for different reasons.
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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
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Stamp Act was a law that was passed.
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a law passed by the British Parliament requiring
all publications and lega[image]l and commercial
documents in the American colonies to bear a tax stamp
(1765)
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Tennis Court Oath is where they met until the 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
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Treaty of Paris is where the french signed the treaty to end 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)
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U.S. Constitution is a document that made america the way it is.
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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)
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Yorktown, Virginia is where the revolutionary war ended.
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Where G. Washington forces the surrender of
the British army, thereby ending the American
Revolutionary war (1781)
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