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Magna Carta
A charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. -
Petition of Right
It contains restrictions on non-Parliamentary taxation, forced billeting of soldiers, imprisonment without cause, and the use of martial law. -
English bill of rights
The Bill creates separation of powers, limits the powers of the king and queen, enhances the democratic election and bolsters freedom of speech. -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin -
Stamp Act
An act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, known to the British as the Incident on King Street, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts -
First Continental Congress
Proceedings of the First Continental Congress. The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia -
Intolerable Acts
Punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. -
Second Continental Congress
a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that started meeting on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
Declaration of independence
“The most memorable epochs in the history of America.” -
Articles of confederation
The Articles of Confederation was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America. It served as its first constitution. -
Shay's Rebellion
An armed uprising in Western Massachusetts in opposition to a debt crisis among the citizenry -
Philadelphia Convention
It was designed a government with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches. -
Connecticut Compromise
A plan proposed by Roger Sherman and Oliver Ells worth, Connecticut's delegates to the Constitutional Convention, established a two-house legislature.