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Magna Carta
Magna Carta was the first document forced onto an English King by a group of his subjects, the feudal barons, in an attempt to limit his powers by law and protect their privileges. The Magna Carta is important because it is considered the founding document of English liberties and hence American liberties. -
The Mayflower compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was drafted by the separatist pilgrims who crossed the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower. The mayflower compact is important because it was one of the first attempts at self-government in the English colonies,
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Petition Of Rights
The Petition of Right is a English constitutional document that sets out detailed liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. and It is important because it gives us the right to submit a paper petition as well as the right to complain to a government official about policy and try to have it changed. -
navigation act
The English Navigation Acts were a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England and its colonies. -
english bill of rights
The Bill of Rights was passed by Parliament on 16 December 1689.[2] It was a re-statement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention Parliament to William and Mary in March 1689. and It lays down limits on the powers of sovereign and sets out the rights of Parliament and rules for freedom of speech in Parliament -
proclamation of 1763
The end of the French and Indian War in 1763 was a cause for great celebration in the colonies, for it removed several ominous barriers and opened up a host of new opportunities for the colonists.and it was important because the proclamation of 1763 prohibited american settlers from moving west of the Mississippi. -
sugar act
On April 5, 1764, Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses which was about to expire. because it's what basically changed America.Its important because the sugar act is what caused the colonists to want to revolt even more! Since the colonists were protesting and all that it changed America. -
The stamp act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was a direct tax imposed by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America. The stamp act is important because it led to all this and people were sort of
enlightened because they realized " hey you know what, I got rights! This isn't fair -
bostan tea party
The Boston Tea Party was a direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies.The Boston Tea Party was important because it showed the American colonies
had grown tired of arbitrary taxation by the British. -
coercive act
Properly known as the Restraining Acts, the Coercive Acts, as they were popularly known in England, were introduced in 1774 by the new government of Lord North, who acted with the direct encouragement of George III. Several voices of caution had been raised in Parliament, particularly those of Edmund Burke and Lord Chatham, who feared that stern measures were charting a course no one really wanted to follow; their advice, however, was not heeded. -
first continental congrass
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. It was called in response to the passage of the Coercive Acts by the British Parliament.The First Continental Congress was important because although the delegates
were not ready to call for independence, they were determined to uphold colonianes -
second continental congrass
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met briefly during 1774, also in Philadelphia. -
declaration of independence
The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire.The Declaration of Independence is important because it states that a government exists for the benefit of the people and that "all men are created equal."
