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- French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the status of citizens.
15: ...both caused by and exacerbating the burden of a grossly inequitable system of [[tax]]ation.
20: ...350px|thumb|The storming of the Bastille, July 14 1789]]
21: ...l of Finance 1777–1781), unsuccessfully proposed to revise the French tax system to a more unifo...
23: ..., determined that it was not sustainable, and proposed a uniform land tax as a means of setting France... - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
7: ...pper houses of the [[bicameral]] legislatures of most other nations.
12: ==Composition==
15: ... election|directly elected]] by [[first past the post]] to serve two-year terms from [[Congressional d...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
24: ...tates Capitol]] building in [[Washington, D.C.]] hosted its first session of Congress on [[November 17... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...ed in the Constitution not granted to the House; most significantly, the [[President of the United Sta...
4: ...(the "[[upper house]]") are more extensive than those of the House of Representatives (the "[[lower ho...
10: ...rong a likeness to the British House of Lords as possible."<!--Harpers, May 2004, 42-->
12: ...ves. [[James Madison]] described the Senate's purpose as "A necessary fence against...fickleness and p...
14: ... [[Andrew Johnson]] in [[1868]] for political purposes; the trial ultimately ended in acquittal, with ... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
5: ...''. Often imitated or parodied, it is one of the most famous images relating to the American Revolutio...
25: Most [[American Indian]] communities east of the [[Mi...
30: [[Image:Boston concord 1775.jpg|thumb|400px|Boston - Concord Area, Route of British Troops, April...
31: ...ulars (about 4,000 men) from his headquarters in Boston, but the countryside was in the hands of the c...
33: ... nearly constant fire during the return march to Boston. The shooting war had started. - Automobile (19750 bytes)
2: ...g|300px|thumb|right|A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile.]]
4: ...bile has seats for the [[driving|driver]] and, almost without exception, one or more passengers.
11: [[Image:Cars-stanleysteamcar-amoswolfe.jpg|thumb|300px|The 1923 Stanley Steam Car]]
13: ...[[internal combustion engine]]s were completed almost simultaneously in [[1886]] by [[Germany|German]]...
15: ...cles were [[steam engine]] powered; probably the most notable advances in steam power evolved in [[Bir...
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