Examples of American Revolution in the following topics:
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- "No taxation without representation," a slogan originating during the 1750s and 1760s that summarized a primary grievance of the British Colonists in the 13 colonies, was one of the major causes of the American Revolution .
- However, during the time of the American Revolution, only 1 in 20 British citizens had representation in parliament, none of whom were part of the colonies.
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- Similarly, the American Revolution brought an end to British sovereignty over its American colonies in the New World.
- Similarly, the American Revolution brought an end to British sovereignty over its American colonies in the New World.
- The terms "left" and "right" appeared during the French Revolution of 1789 when members of the National Assembly divided into supporters of the king to the president's right and supporters of the revolution to his left.
- The five sub-fields of Political Science are American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Theory and Political Economy.
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- The American Revolution marked a departure in the concept of popular sovereignty as it had been discussed and employed in the European historical context.
- With the American Revolution, Americans substituted the sovereignty in the person of King George III, with a collective sovereign—one composed of the people.
- Thenceforth, American revolutionaries generally agreed and were committed to the principle that governments were legitimate only if they rested on popular sovereignty–that is, the sovereignty of the people.
- This idea—often linked with the notion of the consent of the governed—was not invented by the American revolutionaries.
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- The new Congress faced many issues during the American Revolution, including tensions with home governments, establishing legitimacy overseas, and funding a revolution without the ability to create money or tax citizens .
- American leaders had rejected the divine right of kings in the New World, but recognized the necessity of proving their credibility in the Old World.
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- The way the British government was run in the colonies inspired what the Americans would write in their Constitution.
- Thus, Americans viewed their legislative branch as a guardian of liberty, while the executive branches was deemed tyrannical.There were several examples of royal actions that upset the Americans.
- The variety of taxes imposed led to American disdain for the British system of government.
- American distaste for British government would lead to revolution.
- Explain the reasons for the tension between the British empire and its American colonies
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- Second, a small number of important British statutes in effect at the time of the Revolution have been independently reenacted by U.S. states.
- Such English statutes are still regularly cited in contemporary American cases interpreting their modern American descendants.
- The reason is that although the courts of the various Commonwealth nations are often influenced by each other's rulings, American courts rarely follow post-Revolution Commonwealth rulings unless there is no American ruling on point, the facts and law at issue are nearly identical, and the reasoning is strongly persuasive.
- Early on, American courts, even after the Revolution, often did cite contemporary English cases.
- But citations to English decisions gradually disappeared during the 19th century as American courts developed their own principles to resolve the legal problems of the American people.
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- The Second Continental Congress was ushered in at the beginning of the Revolution and eventually decided American independence.
- By the time the Second Continental Congress met, the American Revolutionary War had already started with the battles of Lexington and Concord.
- American ports were reopened in defiance of the British Navigation Acts.
- Discuss the role of the Second Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary war
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- African Americans in the south experienced the worst setbacks, as they were stripped of political power and voting rights.
- The corporation became the dominant form of business organization, and a managerial revolution transformed business operations.
- The dominant political issues included rights for African Americans, tariff policies and monetary policies.
- American history texts usually call it the Progressive Era, and it included World War I and the start of the Great Depression.
- Foreign policy centered on the 1898 Spanish-American War, Imperialism, the Mexican Revolution, World War I, and the creation of the League of Nations.
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- The first Continental Congress was held between 1774 and 1775 to discuss the future of the American colonies.
- These served an important role in the Revolution by disseminating the colonial interpretation of British actions to the colonies and foreign governments.
- Committee members became the leaders of the American resistance to the British.
- The Committees promoted patriotism and home manufacturing by advising Americans to avoid luxuries.
- The committees gradually extended their influence to many aspects of American public life.
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- The Republican Party is a major political party in the U.S, along with the Democratic Party; its platform reflects American conservatism.
- Currently the party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S. political spectrum.
- American conservatism of the Republican Party is not wholly based upon rejection of the political ideology of liberalism, as many principles of American conservatism are based upon classical liberalism.
- Rather the Republican Party's conservatism is largely based upon its support of classical principles against the modern liberalism of the Democratic Party that is considered American liberalism in contemporary American political discourse.
- The Republican Party, led by House Republican Minority Whip Newt Gingrich campaigning on the Contract with America, was elected to majorities to both houses of Congress in the Republican Revolution of 1994.