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#1 The American Revolution
The American Revolution brought american one step closer to being 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 [image] |
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#2 Bastille
Bastille was a prison that they kept the people that whent aginst their rule. |
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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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#3 Boston Massacre
At the Boston Massacre british soliders 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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#4 Boston Tea Party
The colonists threw tea into a harbor, it was called the Boston Tea Party. |
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| A political protest against the tax policy of the British government that controlled all the tea imported into the colo[image]nies (Dec. 1773) |
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#5 Bourgeoisie
Bourgeoisie was the middle class back then. |
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| the middle class; part of the Third Estate [image] |
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#6 Checks and Balances
Checks and Balances makes sure one branch of our government does not gain too much 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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#7 Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Indepense was sent to the King of England. |
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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." [image] |
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#8 Estate-General
Estate-General has representatives of the three estates. |
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| the legislative body consisting of representatives of the three estates [image] |
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#9 Executive
The president is the head of the executive branch. |
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| the part of a government that makes sure decisions and laws work well [image] |
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#10 Federal Republic
America is a Federal Republic. |
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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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#11 French Revolution
The french revolution happened when Napoleon had power. |
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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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#12 Judicial
Judicial branch is made up of the supreme court. |
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| relating to the law, judges, or their decisions [image] |
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#13 Judicial Review
Judicial Review is part of the constitutional principles. |
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| Power of courts to review decisions of another department or level of government [image] |
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#14 Legislature
the legislature branch has the power to make or change laws. |
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| an institution that has the power to make or change laws [image] |
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#15 Limited Power
Our government has 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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#16 Louis XVI
Louis XVI was exucuted. |
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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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#17 National Assembly
Louis XVI created the national assembly. |
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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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#18 Popular sovereignty
popular sovereignity was belived in by john locke. |
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| all government power comes from the people [image] |
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#19 Separation of Powers
Our government 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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#20 Stamp Act
The stamp Act make the peole pay heavy amounts of taxes. |
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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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#21 Tennis Court Oath
Tennis court oath happed on the tennis court. |
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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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#22 Treaty of Paris
treaty of paris was the treaty that ended 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) [image] |
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#23 U.S. Constitution
The U.S. Constituton is our highest law. |
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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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#24 Yorktown, Virginia
The last battel took place at Yorktown, Virginia. |
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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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