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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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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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British army soldiers open fired on a protesting crowd, killing 5 civilian men (March 5, 1770)
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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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from Montesquieu, a fundamental democratic principle of American government which ensures that one branch does not accumulate too much power
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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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the legislative body consisting of representatives of the three estates
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the part of a government that makes sure decisions and laws work well
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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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relating to the law, judges, or their decisions
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| Power of courts to review decisions of another department or level of government |
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an institution that has the power to make or change 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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| 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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created by the disgruntled delegates of the french Third Estate, joined by reform-minded clergy and nobles
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all government power comes from the people
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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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| 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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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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| 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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| 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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| Where G. Washington forces the surrender of the British army, thereby ending the American Revolutionary war (1781) |
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