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Magna Carta
The Magna Cartawas the first document to limit the power of Englands Monarchs. The Magna Carta was signed by King John in 1215. This signing was a huge step toward a constitutional government. The English Church was free and all merchants got safety and security. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was written by the colonists (later in history known as the pilgrims). It was signed on November 11, 1620. There were 41 people who signed the Compact. The reason it was signed was for the mouth of the Hudson River -
Petition of Rights
The Petition of Rights is a major English Constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the King is prohibited from infriging.The Petition is most notable for its conformation of principles that taxes can be leveled only by parliment. Ratified in June 7 1628 -
Navigation Act
The English Navigation Acts were a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping in 1651. The significance was that Parliment also passed a new legislation. -
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights is an act of the Parliment of England. It reestablished the liberty of protestants to have arms for their defence within the rule of law. It also condemed James II of England for causing several good people to be protestants and disarmed while paptists were both armed and employed contrary to law. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamatio of 1763 is also known as the Royal Proclamtion. It was issued by King George. The purpose of the Proclamation was to organize great Britains new North American Empire and Stabalize relations with Native North Americans.The Proclamation of 1763 still remains to be of legal importance to irst Nations in Canada -
Sugar Act
On April 5, 1764, parliment passed a modified version of the sugar and Molasses act. (1733) which was about to be discontinued. The Sugar Act reduced the tax rate on molasses from six pence to three pence. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required the use of tax stamps on all legal documents, certain business agreements, and newspapers. This was the first time the colonies had joined together and opposed the British Government -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a direct action by colonists in Boston. It was the key event in the growth of the American Revolution. Parliment responded in 1774 with the Coercive Acts, which closed Bostons commerce. -
Coercive Acts
The Coercive Acts are also know as the Intolerable Acts. They are names used to describe different series of laws passed. The acts triggered outrage and ressistance in the thirteen colonies, that eventually became the United States. They were also important developments in the growth of American Revolution -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delagates from twelve of thethirteen North American colonies. The congress included 56 members apponted by the legislatures of twelv eof the thirteen colonies, along with the province of Georgia. They didnt send any delegates to the congress. -
First shots fired at Lexington and Concord
The first shots were fired just as the sun was rising up. The battle of Lexington and Concord was the first military engagements of the American Revolution. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a conversation of delagates from the thirteen colonies. They met on May 10, 1775. The Second Congress managed the Colonial war effort and moved very far towards independence, which startedthe United States Declaration of Independence -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independenceis a Statementis a statement taken over by the continental congress on July 4, 1776. The Declaration gave the thirteen American colonies independence of the United States by listing Colonial greivences against King George II and by asserting Natural Rights
