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The Magan Carta shaped the rights of teh peole for 400 years in England.
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The first governing document of the pilgrims and colonists. It ensured that Separatist religious groups could practice freely.
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The Petition of Rights updated the 400 year old Magna Carta that was originally the rights for the people in England.
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This act restriced trade in the colonies and only to Great Britain and not other countries.
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The English Bill of Rights is what the American Bill of Rights is based on and improved on.
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This essentially organized the French and English colonies to ensure stable relations with Native Americans and benefits for Britain.
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The sugar Act taxed basically any sugar product especialy molassas. Again, the colonists hated this and fed the fire for revolution.
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This act taxed all stamps needed for legal documents and mail. This only angered most of the colonists.
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The colonists obljected teh Tea Act for a veriety of reasons mainly becasue they were being taxed without representation. A group of colonists dumped a tea shipment into the Boston harbor to vent their anger.
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The Intolerable Acts as they are sometimes known, triggered outrage in the colonies and fed the fire for a revolution.
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This was the response to the Coercive Acts or the Intolerable acts.
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The First mark of teh revolution in New England. This was the first and definitly not the last armed conflict with Great Britain. Turning Point in American History
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The congress was starting to discuss war strategies for the Revolution which had barely begun. They were also beginning to conjure documents for the Independance of America.
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The huge turning point in American history. The colonists sign a document explaining that they will no longer be under the rule of Britain.
