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petition of right
1.In response, the House of Commons prepared a set of four Resolutions, decrying these actions and restating the validity of Magna Carta and the legal requirement of habeas corpus.
2. In a period in which Charles's main protection from the Commons was the House of Lords, the willingness of both chambers to work together marked a new stage in the constitutional crisis that would eventually lead to the English Civil War -
english bill of rights
1.These ideas about rights reflected those of the political thinker John Locke and they quickly became popular in England.
2.In the United Kingdom, the Bill of Rights is further accompanied by the Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, Habeas Corpus Act 1679, Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 and the Human Rights Act 1998 as some of the basic documents of the uncodified British constitution. -
boston massacre
- The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others.
- The crowd eventually dispersed after Acting Governor Thomas Hutchinson promised an inquiry, but reformed the next day, prompting the withdrawal of the troops to Castle Island. Eight soldiers, one officer, and four civilians were arrested and charged with murder.
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boston tea party
against the tax policy of the British government and the East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. the crisis escalated and the American Revolutionary War began near Boston in 1775. -
second continental congress
1.Delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies were present when the Second Continental Congress convened.
2. Its predecessor, the First Continental Congress, had sent entreaties to the British King George III to stop the Coercive Acts and had created the Continental Association to establish a coordinated protest of the Coercive Acts; in particular, a boycott had been placed on British goods. -
shay's rebellion
shay's rebellion was an armed uprising in central and western masschuetts (mainly springfeild) form 1786 to 1787 the rebellion is named after daniel shays, a veteran of the american revolution who led the rebels, known as shaysites or regulators -
virginia plan
- The Constitutional Convention gathered in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation.
- The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
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new jersey plan
The plan was created in response to the Virginia Plan, which called for two houses of Congress both elected with apportionment according to population.The New Jersey Plan was opposed by James Madison and Edmund Randolph -
philadelphia convention
1.In September 1786, at the Annapolis Convention, delegates from five states called for a constitutional convention in order to discuss possible improvements to the Articles of Confederation.
2. Before the Constitution was drafted, the nearly 4 million inhabitants of the 13 newly-independent states were governed under the Articles of Confederation created by the Second Continental Congress -
articles of confedration
Its drafting by the Continental Congress began in mid-1776, and an approved version was sent to the states for ratification in late 1777.The new Constitution provided for a much stronger national government with a chief executive (the president), courts, and taxing powers.
