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First document imposed upon a king of england by a group of his subjects in an attempt to limit his powers by law and protect their rights.
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First permanent english settlement
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First governing document of plymouth colony
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English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing
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Combined pass grievances against the deposed king with a more general statement of basic liberties
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Proposal to create a unified government for the 13 colonies suggest by Benjamin Franklin
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Law that required the use of tax stamp on all legal documents
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Roit arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quarted in the city in which the troops fired on the mob and killed several people
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Raid by citizens of Boston on three british ships in the harbour as a protest against taxes on tea
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Patroits name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British parliament in 1774 after Boston Tea Party
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Convention of delegates from 12 colonies
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Convention of delegatesnfrom 13 colonies sfter warfare in the American Revolutionsry War begun
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British troops had moved from Boston toward Concord and Lexington to seize the colonist millitary supplies and arrest revolutionaries
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Written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the 13 American colonies from Great Britain
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The original constitution of the US
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Fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human rights
