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Magna Carta was a charter that led to the constitutional law in english speaking country. It was once called Magna Carta Libertatum.
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The English Bill of Rights put limits on the power of the crown.
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The Albany Plan of Union was a proposal to create a unified government for the 13 colonies.
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The Boston Massacre was a incident that happened in Boston where British troops killed five civilian men and injured six more.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest. The people in America refused to pay taxes and dumped the British tea in the harbor.
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The First Continental Congress was a convention of delagates. They met because of the passage of the Coercive Acts.
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The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delagates from each colony.
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This document declared that the 13 colonies were seperate independant states. Before this they belonged to the control of the British.
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An agreement between the original 13 founding states that served as their constitution.
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Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising.
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Virginia Plan was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch.
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The Philadelphia Convention occured because their was problems governing the United States. It was also known as the Constitutional Congress.
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This was created in response to the Virginia Plan. It was a plan to have 2 houses of congress.
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This gave people rights. It was split into two prceedings.
