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Ancient civilization that used hieroglyphics as a way to communicate : Egypt 1781 - led to surrender of the British : Battle of Yorktown 1774 - laws passed by the British parliament after the Boston Tea Party. Meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party. : Intorable Acts 1773 - political protest. American colonists were frustrated at Britain for taxing them. Dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor. : Boston Tea Party First and largest signature of the declaration of independence : John Hancock government by a dictator. The ruler often rises to power out of conflict. Controls all branches of government and media. : Dictatorship 2 | P a g e a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch. a group with certain equality between its members : Republic An organization which consists of a # of parties/groups united in an alliance or league. Consists of a union for a common purpose. Have central authority, but the major authority lies within the states or countries. : Monarchy Turkey's largest city : Istanbul Geographically apart of both Europe and Asia. Only city in the world a part of 2 continents : Istanbul - Turkey Which action contained a controversial fugitive slave provision : Compromise of 1850 - any runaway slave found in a non-slave state had to be sent back to the south An effort to preserve power in Congress between slave and free states - 1820. Missouri: slave state Maine: free state : The Missouri Compromise 1854 - Allowing settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed within a new state's border : Kansas Nebraska Ac