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Period: Jan 1, 1000 to
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Oct 2, 1215
magna carta
The document was a series of written promises between the king and his subjects that he, the king, would govern England and deal with its people according to the customs of feudal law. Magna Carta was an attempt by the barons to stop a king - in this case John - abusing his power with the people of England suffering -
Mayflower compact
The first governing of plymoth colonie -
lockes natural rights
john locke came up with natural rights and they are
*life
*liberty
*and estate -
The Stamp act
The stamp act was where the parliment passed a law to put tax on every thing that was paper and you had to put a stamp on each picei of paper -
The Quartering Act
The soliders could barge in to colonist homes and be able to take their food and sleep in their beds. -
Boston massaurce
In the boston massacure soliders were being harrsed by citizens of boston by having snow balls and sticks thrown at them, and in result the soliders open fired -
Tea act
Passed by parliment and soon cause the revlounary war even though it opposed no new taxes. -
Boston tea party
Colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships. After boarding these tea ships they dumped all the tea into the boston harbor
