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| 1.) The American Revolution The American Revolution was America's way of breaking off from Britain. |
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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][image] |
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| 2.) Bastille The Bastille was destroyed out of anger. |
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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 The Boston Massacre started with colonists throwing rocks at the British. |
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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 Boston Tea Party happened because the colonists were angry with the taxes. |
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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) [image] |
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| 5.) Bourgeoisie The Bourgeoisie wore nice dresses and suits. |
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| the middle class; part of the Third Estate [image] |
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| 6.) Checks and Balances Check and Balances are used to make sure one branch doesn't have 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 Interdependence declared that the colonists were breaking off from Britain. |
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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 The Estate General are part of the legislative branch |
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| the legislative body consisting of representatives of the three estates [image] |
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| 9.) Executive The President is in 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 The Federal Republic is more powerful than the state governments. |
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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 was inspired by the American Revolution |
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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 The Supreme Court is the head of the Judicial Branch |
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| relating to the law, judges, or their decisions [image] |
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| 13.) Judicial Review A Judicial Review is used to decide if a law is constitutional or not |
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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 House of Representatives is part of the legislature. |
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| an institution that has the power to make or change laws [image] |
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| 15.) Limited Power The American 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 didn't have qualities of a good leader. |
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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 The National Assembly was made when Louis XVI was King. |
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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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| 18.) Popular Sovereignty Popular Sovereignty is a belief practiced by the American Government. |
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| all government power comes from the people [image] |
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| 19.) Separation of Powers Baron de Montesquieu came up with the 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 |
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| 20.) Stamp Act The colonists were mad that King George the Third passed the Stamp Act |
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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 The Tennis Court Oath was made in a 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 The Treaty of Paris was passed after the American Revolution. |
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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 Bill of Rights is part of the U.S Constitution. |
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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 Americans won the war 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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