Fill in the blanks: 1. The American War of Independence was the first ..................... political revolution in the history of the world. 2. The discovery of the American continent was followed by the establishment of .................. European settlements in the 16th century. 3. The colonists argued that the British Parliament had no right to tax the colonists because they had no .............. in the .................4. ....................... was chosen as the commander of the American troops in the war against the British.5. In 1776, the representatives of the colonists met at Philadelphia and adopted a.............................6. In about 200 years, the United States of America transformed itself into the most ..............country of the world. 7. The Constitution of the United States has served as a model and an .................. to several countries. 8. French society was divided into three main classes, namely the first, the second and the ..................9. The revolutionary writings of political philosophers like .........................and .................. greatly influenced the middle-class intellectuals in France. 10. The French administration was .............. and ...............