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Federalism
a political system in which a national government and consituent units, such as state governments, share power.
Treaty of Paris
1783. The treaty that ended the Revolutionary war, confirming the independence of the United States and setting he boundaries of the New Nation.
Egalitarianism
The belief that all people should have equal political, economic, social, and civil rights.
Republicanism
The bilief tha overnment should be based on the consent of the people.
Townshed Acts
Series of laws encated by Parliament in 1767establishing indirect taxes on goods
Boston Tea Party
The dumping of 18,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest to protest the tea party.
Martial Law
Temporary rule by military rather than civilian authority.
Minutemen
Patriot civilian soldiers jus before and during the revolutionary war, pledged to be ready to fight at a minute's notice.
Republic
Form of government in which citizens rule through elected representatives.
Confederation
Term for government that loosely unified the states before the constitution was ratified
Articles of Confederation
The set of laws that created two leves of government; later replaced by the constitution.