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Petition of Rights
The Petition contains restrictions on non-Parliamentary taxation
Forced billeting of soldiers, imprisonment without cause
Restricts the use of martial law. -
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Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street conflict on Match 5, 1770. This battle was between patriot mob and british souldiers -
Boston Tea Party
A political protest by the sons of liberety in boston against the tax policy of the british government -
First continental Congress
It was called in response to the passage of the Coercive Acts .They were a convention of delegates from twelve colonies -
Declaration of independence
Doucumented that America and Great Britian forms a Union of Nations -
Philadelphia Convention
Meeting held by delegates from the 13 states that then comprised the United States. "They held the convention to address the problems the federal government was having ruling the states and staying fiscally sound under the provisions of the Articles of Confederation,"
