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Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
A document that made a law where the power of the people to take over the leader -
Mayflower Compact
The first governing document of the Plymoth colony -
Petition of Rights
The Petition of Rights were rights that the pople that the king could not mess with. -
Navigation Act
The Navigtion act were laws that restrricted english form foreign shipping. -
The English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights was a bill that prohibited standing army in a peace time. -
Proclimation of 1763
This document refused to accept parlaments claim and this claim had the right to control their local afairs. -
The Sugar Act
The act of the people to lower taxes on sugar and molasses. -
The Stamp Act
The direct tax on the colonies. They were taxted on printing legall things (Newspapers,etc.) and they needed a tax stamp to use the papers. -
Boston Tea Party
The rebelion against taxes on tea -
First Contintal Conress
The first continental congress was an act of laws passes against the British. -
Second Continental congress
The second continental congress was when everone came together after the british didnt want to comprimise and the first shot was fired. -
The Declaration of Independence
This document was a peace treaty with britain and it show our peace with britain,