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The American Revolution
The American revolution had several different events that lead up to it.
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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
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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[image] |
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Boston Massacre
he Boston Massacre was one of the most important event that led up to the American Revolution.
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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 was important because colonists believed they should not have to pay taxes on British tea so they threw it into the Boston Harbor. |
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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
The Bourgeoisie are one of the more privilaged groups.
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the middle class; part of the Third Estate
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Checks and Balances
The check and balances was one of the things that Baron de montesquieu created.
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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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Declaration of Independence
The declaration of Independence was originally writen by Benjamin Franklin.
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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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Estate-General
The estate general had all three estates which where the first estate clergy, second estate nobility and third was commoners. |
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the legislative body consisting of representatives of the three estates
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Executive
The Executive Branch consists of the President and vice president
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the part of a government that makes sure decisions and laws work well
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Federal Republic
The Federal Republic allows that they both have a certain amount of powers especially the federal government.
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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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French Revolution
The French Revolution happened after the American Revolution ended.
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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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Judicial
Judicial is the second branch which consist of judges and more helping create laws.
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relating to the law, judges, or their decisions
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Judicial Review
The Judicial Review is and important part of the three branches to make sure eve |
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Power of courts to review decisions of another department or level of government
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Legislature
Legislature is the last of the three branches.
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an institution that has the power to make or change laws
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Limited Power
The Limited power is very important to us because they would not to be able object our civil rights.
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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
Louis XVI was the king of France in 1774 and he was the last king.
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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
The National Assembly is a type of legislature.
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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
Popular sovereignty is that the power resides in the people.
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all government power comes from the people
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Separation of Powers
The Separation of Powers was created by Baron de Montesquieu
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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
The Stamp act was repealed by the British parliament in 1766.
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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)
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Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis court oath was before 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
The treaty of Paris was important because it was a paper that they signed to stop the 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
In the U.S Constitution there are 27 Amendments.
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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
in Yorktown, Virginia it is the most important event of the american revolution because this is when the British surrendered.
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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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