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Magna Carta was the first document forced onto a King of England by a group of his subjects, the feudal barons, in an attempt to limit his powers by law and protect their privileges.
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a restatement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention Parliament to William and Mary in March 1689.
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The Albany Plan of Union was a proposal to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin, then a senior leader of 48 and a delegate from Pennsylvania, at the Albany Congress.
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The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars. It was the culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing
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When the Second Continental Congress came together it was, in effect, a reconvening of the First Continental Congress.
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the article of confederation was an agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution
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The rebellion was precipitated by several factors: financial difficulties brought about by a post-war economic depression, a credit squeeze caused by a lack of hard currency, and fiscally harsh government policies instituted in 1785 to solve the state's debt problems.
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The Virginia Plan was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
