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Congress confirms judicial nominations. Which branch is checking which branch?
Legislative Branch checks the Judicial Branch.
The Supreme Court can declare laws unconstitutional. Which branch is checking which branch?
Judicial Branch checks the Legislative Branch.
The Supreme Court can declare executive acts unconstitutional. Which branch is checking which branch?
Judicial Branch checks the Executive Branch.
Conflict between Britain and France over the Ohio River Valley and the fur trade
French and Indian War
King George III prohibited colonists to move west across the Appalachian Mountains; colonists were upset about the limits imposed on westward expansion
Proclamation Line of 1763
Form of protest towards the Stamp Act in which colonists refused to buy British goods
boycott
He was the first casualty of the American Revolution when he died at the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
The three unalienable rights
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress
George Washington
Monarch of Britain; considered a tyrant by the colonists
King George III
Warned the citizens of Massachusetts that "The Redcoats are coming!"
Paul Revere
Naval war hero of the Revolutionary War; awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1787
John Paul Jones
The first to sign the Declaration of Independence because he was devoted to liberty, the largest signature on the document
John Hancock
Leader of the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
Slogan in response to the Sugar Act
"No taxation without representation"
