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The Magna Carta was forced upon king John of England by his barons in 1215.The Magna Carta established the power of the monarchy was not an absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and due to process of the law to the nobility.
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A major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing.
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An act of the Parliament of England, whose title is An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown.
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A proposal for the structure of the United States Government proposed by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787
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The purpose of the plan was to creat a annual congress of delrgates from each of the 13 colonies.It was to raise military and naval forces make war and peace with native americans,reulate trad with theme,tax and collect customs duties.
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The Boston Massacre was an incident that led to the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British troops on March 5, 1770
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Three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea.
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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.
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A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that met beginning on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun
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The document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain.
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The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a week central government,leaving most of the power with the state government.
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An armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts mainly Springfield from 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.
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The United States Constitutional Convention took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to address problems in governing the United States of America.
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The Randolph Plan after its sponsor, or the Large-State Plan was a proposal by Virginia delegates, drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention of 1787
